Ralegan Siddhi (Marathi: राळेगण सिद्धी) is a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar District‚ Maharashtra state in western India. It is located at a distance of 87 km from Pune. The village has an area of 982.31 ha (1991). It is considered a model of environmental conservation. The village has carried out programs like tree planting‚ terracing to reduce soil erosion and digging canals to retain rainwater. For energy‚ the village uses solar power‚ biogas (some generated from the community toilet)
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Research Abstracts on Rural Development DWCRA Nair‚ Tara S. (2000). Towards mainstreaming poor women in development : the DWCRA experience in Gujarat. Ahmedabad : Gujarat Institute of Development Research. 72 p. Key Words : 1.RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2.DWCRA 3.POOR WOMEN 4.RURAL WOMEN 5.MAINSTREAMING WOMEN 6.ROLE OF NGOS 7.ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS 8.PROBLEMS OF RURAL WOMEN 9.INCOME GENERATION 10.SELF HELP GROUPS. Abstract : During the Sixth Five Year Plan period (1982-83)‚ development
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IRAP Guidelines India State of Orissa Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning Gram Panchayat Level Chris Donnges P.K. Pattanaik John van Rijn International Labour Organization Copyright @ International Labour Organization 2004 First published 2004 Publications of the International Labour Office enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless‚ short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorisation‚ on condition that the source is
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Act‚ job cards are issued to the rural unskilled labour by guaranteeing work for 100 days in a financial year at a minimum daily wage of Rs.100. It is the largest programme in the world for rural reconstruction. The scheme covered 604 districts in India in three phases and provided employment opportunities for more than 4.47 crore households in 2008-09 .The total outlay for the scheme is $8 billion during 2009-10. NREGA creates transparency and accountability in governance. All NREGA beneficiaries
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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme is a flagship program of Narender Modi led central government. Prime Minister Modi launched this scheme on 22 January 2015 from Panipat city of Haryana for motivating the parents for saving girl children in nucleus and to educate them. The decreasing the numbers of 0-6 years girl children had become the national concern and a stigma on country image at international level. Declining child sex ratio had become a main obstacle in the path
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Nyaya Panchayats Government proposes to establish Nyaya Panchayats in every Gram Panchayat or a cluster of Gram Panchayats‚ for providing a system of fair and speedy justice‚ both civil and criminal‚ to the citizens at their doorsteps‚ outside the formal judicial system. The Nyaya Panchayats are proposed to be constituted through the election of the Nyaya Panchas by people residing in the area to which the jurisdiction of the Nyaya Panchayats extends. Provisions are proposed for the reservation
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such local area in a district as the State Government may constitute to be a Block; (d) “Block Development Officer” means an officer appointed as such by the State Government; 1 (e) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of a Zila Parishad appointed under the provisions of this Act; (f) “Commission” means the State Election Commission constituted under Article 243-K read with Article 243-ZA of the Constitution of India. (g) “Commissioner” means the Divisional
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Bhaichara (brotherhood)‚ Gotra Bhaichara (clan brotherhood) or Khap Bhaichara (brotherhood of persons belonging to same Khap‚ signifying equality within the Khap)‚ which form the basis of community harmony in Indian villages‚ especially those in northern India (Sangwan 2009). Khap Panchayats are understood to have come into existence as a social system for maintenance mechanism in agrarian societies. They are the legacies of the tribal councils‚ formed by various tribes with a purpose of facilitating resolution
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Intensive ‘As –Is’ Status Studies of computerization and IT Usage Department of Panchayati Raj‚ Government of Uttar Pradesh Report on ‘As –Is’ study on Information Technology usage and level of computerization and IT / eGovernance Roadmap February 2007 Version 1.0 Submitted by: PwC IT/e-Governance Roadmap Ver 1.0 Department: Directorate – Panchayati Raj (Department of Panchayati Raj) Table of Contents Executive Summary ...........................................................
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equal to men by Indian Constitution. There is a freedom to serve in decision making by a member in active politics to each men and women in India. If we observe history of six decades after independence‚ we can see that‚ women have not utilized freedom as compared to men. Whether common women of India can utilize her constitutional rights in which president of India is a woman ? Whether she has received that position in which our constitution is claiming? Whether constitution of women is such‚ which
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