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The Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007
Sabha, Lok - eSocialSciences - 2008
A bill to provide for the rehabilitation and resettlement of persons affected by the acquisition of land for projects of public purpose or involuntary displacement due to any other reason, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [Bill No.98, 2007].
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Marketing of Bt Cotton in India: Aggressive, Unscrupulous and False….
eSocialSciences - 2007
The paper examines the prevailing situation of Bt cotton marketing in India. It tells a story of how aggressive and unethical marketing practices are adopted for luring faemers into the Bt cotton trap in India.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487769
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Livelihood Risks and Coping Strategies: A Case Study in the Agrarian Village Of Cherumad, Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487827
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The Economic Impact of Forest Hydrological Services on Local Communities: A Case Study from the Western Ghats of India
Menon, Ajit; LELE, SHARACHCHANDRA; Patil, Ishwar; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
tankbased agriculture in a downstream village. … link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture. The study attempts to simulate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696001
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Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured
Mobarak, A. Mushfiq; Rosenzweig, Mark - eSocialSciences - 2012
Unpredictable rainfall is an important risk for agricultural activity, and farmers in developing countries often receive incomplete insurance from informal risk-sharing networks. The demand for, and effects of, offering formal index-based rainfall insurance is studied through a randomized...
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Village Development Boards (VDBs) in Nagaland
G, Karmakar K; D, Banerjee G - eSocialSciences - 2009
The article describes the constitution and functions of Village Development Boards (VDBs) in NAGALAND where VDBs are …
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Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women through SHGs Case Study from Orissa
Baisakh, Pradeep - eSocialSciences - 2007
In a remote tribal village of Kandhamal District of Orissa, where there there are visible signs of empowerment of women … due to the formation of SHG in the village. The confidence level of women, who are illiterate, has gone up substantially … during agricultural season. This has helped to reduce the role of traders in purchasing the products of the village and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528134
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Custodial Death of Rohtas Singh of Haryana: A Fact Finding Report
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2007
Advocate Rajesh Pandey on the death in custody of Rohtas Singh, owner of a ready-made garments shop in Banchari village in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528265
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‘Inclusive Citizenship’ for the Chronically Poor: Exploring the Inclusion-Exclusion Nexus in Collective Struggles
Masaki, Katsuhiko - eSocialSciences - 2007
The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution to chronic poverty. This paper problematises this formulation by drawing on a case of landless...
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Village India and its Political Economy
Raj, K N - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper gives us a study about a village Iruvelippatu, Tamil NaduSome features of agrarian economies have also been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487583