Mehta, Aasha Kapur; Satpathy, Trishna - eSocialSciences - 2010
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 reduction since then. Ralegan Siddhi's success is not just a story of change …