Human development is the process of enlarging possibilities, to enhance human choices. In a developing country like India several initiatives have been undertaken in rural areas to do so. However, after seven decades of planned development, several challenges still remain. One of the major factors for the successful implementation of human development policies is the active participation of the people for whom the development initiatives are meant. Strategies for Human Development and People’s Participation in Rural India unravels the in-depth dynamics of people’s participation in the processes of human development initiatives in rural India. This book analyses contemporary perspectives and the present scenario of human development; prospects and challenges in human development initiatives and people’s participation in human development initiatives in rural India, related to education, employment, health, livelihood, nutrition, and grassroots governance. Strategies for Human Development and People’s Participation in Rural India will be of immense interest to researchers, bureaucrats, policy makers, planners, practitioners, academia, and those interested in rural development and public policy.
Professor Yatindra Singh Sisodia is Director, M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain. His areas of interest are democracy, decentralized governance, electoral politics, tribal issues, and developmental issues. He has authored/edited more than a dozen books including Two Decades of Panchayat Raj in India, Development and Discontent in Tribal India, Democratic Governance and Human Development, India’s Development Scenario, Experiment of Direct Democracy, Rural Development: Macro-Micro Reality, Functioning of Panchayat Raj System, and Tribal Issues in India. He is the Editor of Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences, and has undertaken research projects for various Central Ministries and organizations like the Planning Commission, ISRO and ICSSR on the issues of topical importance. Dr Tapas Kumar Dalapati is Assistant Professor at M.P. Institute of Social Science. His research areas encompass tribal land alienation, tribal movements, agrarian labour relations, and the changing forms of Hindu marriages. He is also the Associate Editor of Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences. He has undertaken research projects for the Planning Commission of India, UNDP, Ministry of Rural Development, Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes Commission, and the Indian Council of Social Science Research.
