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This paper identifies the idealistic images driving the watershed programmes as a major stumbling block in sustainable …
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This is an initiative by the Planning Commission to formulate “Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects … in order to have a unified perspective by all ministries.These guidelines are therefore applicable to all watershed … development projects in all Departments / Ministries of Government of India concerned with Watershed Development Projects. …
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This paper primarily assesses the status of rural livelihoods in fragile environments with diverse resource endowments and policy interventions. Livelihood assessment was carried out using the sustainable rural livelihoods (SRL) framework in the fragile regions of Andhra Pradesh. Qualitative and...
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The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a watershed bill to protect children below the age of 16 against sexual offences …
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especially watershed development; and (c) draw policy implications. The analysis is exploratory in nature and it draws upon the …
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Poverty remains to be the most important development issue facing India with an estimated 301.72 million Indians (27.5 percent) living below the poverty line in 2004-2005. In 1975, Ralegan Siddhi was just another drought prone, poverty stricken village, but it has had much success in poverty...
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Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil erosion, major river basins, and livelihoods of poor households living near the forests. Public discussions of the problem are frequently dominated by widely held beliefs...
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Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...
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Review of: Internal Displacement in South Asia: The Relevance of the UN’s Guiding Principles Edited by Paula Banerjee, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, Samir Kumar Das, Sage Publicatons, New Delhi; November 2004; 364 pp; Rs 695 (hardback).
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This study evaluates the economic feasibility of replacing shifting cultivation (Jhum) with settled agriculture and new soil conservation technology based on an assessment of the farmers’ risk and corresponding discount rates in the Khagrachari hill district of Bangladesh.
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