India, Social Development Report/ by Amitabh Kundu; Muchkund Dubey,ed.; Council for Social Development (India)

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TextPublication details: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xx,224p. illu. ; 29 cmISBN:

0195678362

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DDC classification:

362.954 KUN/I

Contents:

1. Poverty, unemployment, and public intervention / R. Radhakrishna and K. Hanumantha Rao -- 2. Health sector : issues and challenges / A.R. Nanda and Almas Ali -- 3. Education : a saga of spectacular achievements and conspicuous failures / Jandhyala B.G. Tilak -- 4. Globalization, decentralization, and crisis in urban governance : providing drinking water and sanitation facilities / Debolina Kundu -- 5. Empowering marginalized groups : policies and change / Sukhadeo Thorat -- 6. Locating women in social development / Saraswati Raju -- 7. Communal relations and social integration / Abusaleh Shariff and Azra Razzack --

8. Globalization and the emerging urban structure : regional inequality and population mobility / Amitabh Kundu -- 9. Empowering local government : decentralization and governance / Kuldeep Mathur -- 10. Social security in the organized sector / C.S. Venkata Ratnam -- 11. Child development in India / A.B. Bose -- 12. Elimination of child labour : why have we failed? / J. John and Pradeep Narayanan -- 13. India's promises and obligations to the child / Razia Ismail Abbasi -- 14. Social development index / Council for Social Development.

Summary: Takes stock of development issues, such as poverty, unemployment, health, child labour, and others, and shows how far India has progressed in these areas since Independence.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Study Centre Alappuzha, University of Kerala	Study Centre Alappuzha, University of Kerala	362.954 KUN/I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		USCA3683

Notes: Includes statistical tables.

1. Poverty, unemployment, and public intervention / R. Radhakrishna and K. Hanumantha Rao --
2. Health sector : issues and challenges / A.R. Nanda and Almas Ali --
3. Education : a saga of spectacular achievements and conspicuous failures / Jandhyala B.G. Tilak --
4. Globalization, decentralization, and crisis in urban governance : providing drinking water and sanitation facilities / Debolina Kundu --
5. Empowering marginalized groups : policies and change / Sukhadeo Thorat --
6. Locating women in social development / Saraswati Raju --
7. Communal relations and social integration / Abusaleh Shariff and Azra Razzack --

8. Globalization and the emerging urban structure : regional inequality and population mobility / Amitabh Kundu --
9. Empowering local government : decentralization and governance / Kuldeep Mathur --
10. Social security in the organized sector / C.S. Venkata Ratnam --
11. Child development in India / A.B. Bose --
12. Elimination of child labour : why have we failed? / J. John and Pradeep Narayanan --
13. India's promises and obligations to the child / Razia Ismail Abbasi --
14. Social development index / Council for Social Development.

Takes stock of development issues, such as poverty, unemployment, health, child labour, and others, and shows how far India has progressed in these areas since Independence.

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