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Promoting Sustainable Agriculture: Experiences from India and Canada
Shah, Amita; S, Puttaswamaiah; Manns, Ian - eSocialSciences - 2009
Agriculture sector, world over, has experienced a phenomenal growth since the mid-twentieth century. The growth, driven by Green Revolution technology, has made a significant dent on aggregate supply of food grains, ensuring food security to the growing population. The next stage of agricultural...
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Chronic Poverty in South West Madhya Pradesh: A Multidimensional Analysis of its Extent and Causes
Shah, Amita; Sah, D.C. - eSocialSciences - 2011
The structuralist perspective envisages poverty, especially in rural India, as a long duration phenomenon. Over time … in India are also chronically poor in terms of duration as well as severity (Mehta and Shah, 2002). Economic growth … poverty measured in terms of average expenditure of the households. Thus, incidence of poverty in India declined from 52 per …
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India's Drylands and Emerging Challenges
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI - 2011
Government of India's initiatives but also Civil Society's contribution in addressing the issues of desertification, land …
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New Agriculture Technology, Skill Formation, Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Rural Asia: A Comparison of Three Projects from India, China and Bangladesh
Mukherjee, Neela - eSocialSciences - 2010
Puruliya district of West Bengal (India),, (ii) Luo Yang Township of Huang Jiang County in Guangxi province( China) and (iii …
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Rethinking Food Security Policies: IDSAsr Declaration
Kainth, Gursharan Singh - eSocialSciences - 2009
Declaration made at the end of two days national seminar on Food security and Sustainability in India held on November …
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Book Review: Growth, Justice and Globalisation
Kanda, Mohan - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of: Globalizing Rural Development: Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities by M. C. Behera; Sage Publications, 2006.
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Budget Speech 2013-2014
Chidambaram, P - eSocialSciences - 2013
Budget Speech by Chidambaram.
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Union Budget 2014: New Government, Same Ol'Budget
Duggal, Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2014
If the Union Budget 2014 is anything to go by , the fiscal policy of the new government shows no change. In fact, there is an amazing continuity with the previous few Budgets. Significantly however, there are signs that the Union government appears to be abdicating its responsibility towards the...
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Neutral Expectations from Automobile Sector
IRIS, IRIS India - eSocialSciences - 2013
Budget expectations for automobile sector. [IRIS India]. …
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Electricity and Rural Development Linkages
Das, Keshab - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper discusses the criticality of electricity the vital modern economic infrastucture concerning its role in and nexus with rural development. Introducing broad issues in rural infrastructure and local development, emphasis has been laid on the role of electricity and as a multi-sectoral...
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