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From Employment Guarantee to Viksit Bharat: Why...
When the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted in 2005, it marked a historic mome...
Reflections
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Affordable Water Filters For The Villagers
'Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM) Awareness Campaign' one of the leading campaign in our country and we (students...
Water, Sanitation & Health
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SHG Moved to Earn Livelihood
Priya self-help group (SHG) was formed in 2014 by Anganwadi Worker in the village Baneya of Sitapur block under Surguja ...
Integrated Development
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STAY AT BAJAD - AN UNFORGETTABLE 45...
Every year as part of the curriculum of Institute Of Rural Management Anand, the fresh batch is sent to various villages...
Integrated Development
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Community led Gram Sabhas demonstrate way for...
FES-Foundation of Ecological Security- has been working in completely denuded common land in 49 villages of Agar distric...
Participatory Governance
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Impact of study conducted for 100 days...
Singrauli is one of the farthest and remote districts, close to the UP border, is a highly feudal and underdeveloped dis...
Reflections
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Few women invisible leaders remembered and recognized...
Samarthan organized a programme with the newly elected women representative of Sehore on Women’s day occasion. Som...
Integrated Development
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Nainpur Block Also Dares To Conduct Jan...
Social audit is conducted by the community for the development programmes meant to benefit them. It attempts to bring th...
Reflections
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Social audits in Berasia Block of Bhopal...
Recently, social audits have been completed in around 75 Panchayats of Berasia block in mid-February. Barasia block is 4...
Participatory Governance
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State Budget of MP 2016-17: Is it...
Madhya Pradesh Government presented a budget of Rs. 158713.04 crore[1] with a revenue surplus of Rs. 3509.81 crore (cr.)...
Participatory Governance
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Drip Irrigation Incentive Fails Through Leaking Service...
While talking to farmers in the Salikheda village of Sehore, the team noticed a number of irrigation pipes in ...
Water, Sanitation & Health
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The Natural Switch: How The Mandal Family...
Govind Mandal, a farmer from Udki village was pulling a rickshaw in Panna, a small city in MP leasing 5 acres of land 7 ...
Agriculture
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Empowered Village Water and Sanitation Committee Saves...
It was November 2022, when the pump motor that provided water to the entire village suddenly burnt out. Panic filled the...
Water, Sanitation & Health
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Local Governments: Assessing Their Role in National...
The commemoration of the 24th April as Panchayati Raj Divas, amid ongoing Parliamentary elections, prompts a reflection ...
Participatory Governance
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Revitalizing Participatory Planning: Reflections from Aamsi Village...
On November 26-27, 2024, I had the opportunity to facilitate a participatory planning exercise for the preparation of th...
Integrated Development
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A Model of Local Governance and Leadership:...
The village of Gokhur Gram Panchayat in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a voter base of about 2,100, stands as a te...
Integrated Development
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel A Forgotten Champion of...
Introduction
I had the privilege of participating in a national seminar on “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the Ro...
Participatory Governance
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