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Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Institution of caste and untouchability. 2. Dalit problem: a national issue. 3. Casteless society: is it a dream? 4. The begar of forced labour: an institution of slavery. 5. Towards social transformation. 6. Change of religion: no solution of Dalit problem. 7. Caste system, untouchability and Jagjivan Ram. Appendices. Index. Babu Jagjivan Ram was one of the topmost political figures of the pre and post independence era and known in the history as a builder of modern India. He was a great social rebel and radical thinker who fought for the liberation of the millions of marginalised sections of society, including the untouchables, the Shudras the agricultural labour out of social isolation, slavery, serfdom and discriminations. The present publication Babu Jagjivan Ram: a Crusader for social equality based on his speeches and writings depicts his life long struggle for the uplift of the oppressed and the underprivileged classes and getting civil rights for them besides building a democratic socialistic India. Whatever social change or silent revolution had come amongst the historically abused sections of society, his contribution is great and memorable. This compilation will serve as a useful reference tool to the younger generation and general readers in understanding the social philosophy of India's one of the tallest leaders of 20th century. (jacket). …

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Contents Preface 1 Spatial and inter-temporal disparities in sex ratio among social groups in IndiaK Ramesh 2 Social disparities in access to health care in IndiaM Swaaminathan 3 An Analysis of differentials in neonatal and infant mortality rates in India 140 pp.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction governance and development reciprocity and reinforcementRamesh K Arora and Satish K Batra 2 Civil services the tasks aheadManmohan Singh 3 Good governance developmental dimensionN Vittal 4 Changing concept and role of governmentPR Dubhashi 5 Some ideas on governanceAbid Hussain 6 Governance and economic developmentBibek Debroy 7 Globalization reality ramifications and recourseSatish K Batra and Vinod Batra 8 Good governance and developmentNoorjahan Bava 9 The changing complexion of governance aid conditionality to development strategyUma Medury 10 Global trends in new public management challenges and constraints confronted by developing countriesKeshav C Sharma 11 Citizen-centric administrationRajendra Bhanawat 12 Reorganizing governance will functional division and autonomy help improve policy deliveryDolly Arora 13 Good governance in Bangladesh theoretical discourseMuhammad Mahmudur Rahman 14 The Bangladesh civil service and good governanceMohammad Mohabhat Khan 15 The new paradigm of governance a case from KeralaTM Joseph and Jos Chathukulam 16 Good governance administration and Panchayati RajS Nagendra Ambedkar 17 Right to information administrative effectiveness and public accountability exploratory study in the Indian contextRamesh K Arora The anthology presents a gist of well-known approaches to and views on the relationship between governance systems and the processes involved in multifaceted development While effective governance system is expected to facilitate holistic and inclusive development the development process in turn should also be helpful in strengthening the governance system It is difficult to categorically state as to what comes first good governance or development yet their reciprocity and interdependence cannot be disputed Eminent scholars and experts have discussed in this volume critical issues of development--the structure actors process ramifications impediments manifestations and impact In the larger backdrop salient aspects of governance have been discussed particularly in the context of their impact on the lives of the teeming millions who inhabit the developing regions of the world Contributions to the volume draw attention to the policy initiatives that deserve primacy in promoting a just equitable and dynamic socio-economic system that draws its vitality from a stable and vibrant politico-administrative orderWhat distinguishes this book is its strong conceptual orientation the empirical support it provides to its analysis and the instrumental perspectives it adopts in offering realistic solutions to the prevalent problems of governance as well as development jacket 268 pp. tables (illustrateur).…

Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Governance in India Facts and FacetsRamesh K Arora and Meena Sogani I Premises and Postulates 2 Challenges of GovernanceIK Gujral 3 Good Governance The Perennial paradoxK Kishore 4 Good governance and developmentN Vittal 5 Some political and administrative issues in India?s governanceCN Bhalerao 6 Crying need for reformRamesh Sood II Critical Concerns 7 Idealism in civil servicePR Dubhashi 8 Concept of public accountability The emerging emphasisArvind K Sharma 9 Civil servants in India ? Anonymous ciphers or questioning neutralsMarina R Pinto 10 Activism in administrationBG Sharma 11 Economic liberalization and globalization Impact on state administration and societyNoorjahan Bava 12 Good governance and Indian administration A Case for civil service reformDJ Bhaumik III Empathy and Sympathy 13 Governance and civil society Exploring the relationshipAP Saxena 14 Citizen-centric administration Rhetoric and realityIC Srivastava 15 Reaching the unreachedRajendra Bhanawat IV Ground Reality 16 Local government and federalism in IndiaRakesh Hooja 17 Re-engineering PRIs in the 21st Century rural IndiaHoshiar Singh 18 Disaster risk reduction through capacity building of the community and panchayati raj institutionsPardeep Sahni and Alka Dhameja 19 Community liaison groups Their contribution to policing in RajasthanMK Devarajan V Salient Subsystems 20 Negotiating for IndiaJagat S Mehta 21 Excellence through quality secondary educationSuresh Misra 22 Governance of Water Resources Some issuesShahd S Acharya VI Man with a Mission 23 Life at eightyB Hooja 24 Looking back at my official government careerB Hooja 25 Bhupendra Hooja A Man for all SeasonsRakesh Hooja 26 Remembering Bhupendra HoojaLloyd I Rudolph 27 Memories of good old BhoopiInder Malhotra 28 B Hooja as I knew HimTN Chaturvedi 2 Recalling a friendshipVBL MathurThe present anthology of original essays written by eminent academicians and civil servants focuses on key paradigms of governance in India in the perspective of their multifarious concerns applications and impact Several critical issues pertaining to administrative structures organizational behaviour transparency accountability ethics and effectiveness have been examined by the contributors in a most disapassionate manner The studies contained in the volume are empirical analytical as well as instrumental providing guidelines for enhancing the efficacy of multi-level governance systems in India The focus of analysis is on macro and micro level institutional dynamics The canvas is vast and the strokes create a variety of colours and impressionsThe volume poses several meaningful questions addresses a variety of concerns and also attempts to provide possible policy responses to the problem-areas of governance in India It will be found interesting and useful to the students and teachers of political science and public administration perceptive analysis of governance systems and creative policy makers 302 pp.…

Contents Preface 1 Introduction public administration resilience and rejuvenationRamesh K Arora 2 Public administration in today?s world of organizations and marketsHerbet Simon 3 The civil service in an era of coalitionsMohammad Hamid Ansari 4 Civil service the tasks aheadManmohan Singh 5 Probity in public lifeVinod Rai 6 Changing profile of public administrationMohit Bhattacharya 7 Globalization and public administrationEH Valsan 8 Public management reformsDolly Arora 9 Reinventing public administration the new public management perspectiveUma Medury 10 Origin ideas and practice of new public management lessons for developing countriesMohammad Ehsan 11 Administrative reforms in the west imperatives for BangladeshKazi SM Khasrul Alam Quddusi 12 Civil servant of tomorrowMC Gupta 13 Governance and civil society exploring the relationshipAP Saxena 14 Electoral reforms for good governanceTM Joseph 15 Sixth Central Pay Commission pointers and perspectivesDhrubajyoti Bhaumik 16 Decentralization trends and debatesMohit Bhattacharya 17 The district collector an institution that continues to endureRakesh HoojaPast five decades have witnessed a remarkable transformation in the discipline as well as profession of public administration There have been variegated trends and developments such as New Public Administration Public Policy approach Public Choice orientation Post-Modernization Re-inventing Government Good Governance New Public Management and Strategic Management Despite their distinctive identities these foci have certain intrinsic commonalities and inter-linkages that make contemporary public administration richer profounder and more excitingThe present anthology contains essays written by eminent scholars and civil servants who view administrative reality and the discipline of public administration from an objective yet a pragmatic perspective The volume is full of interesting and thoughtful analysis of the issues that would interest mature students and creative professionals of Public Administration and Management 244 pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. 1st Edition. Contents: 1. Role of agroforestry in current scenario. 2. Livelihood opportunities through agroforestry Interventions. 3. Agroforestry for sustainable land use. 4. Augmenting grasslands and agroforestry for sustaining forage production. 5. Traditional and Improved Agroforestry Systems in Hot Arid Region of India. 5. Resource conservation based climate resilient agroforestry system. 6. Fodder tree based agroforestry systems in hills of Uttarakhand. 7. Agroforestry systems in hot arid region of India. 8. Prospects of organic farming in hill agroforestry systems with specific reference to Sikkim Himalayas with specific. 9. Role of wood based industries in promotion of agroforestry and production of quality planting material.10. Potential of short rotation forestry and agroforestry for climate change mitigation and sustainability. 11. Biomass production and carbon sequestration potential under different landuse systems of western Himalayas. 12. Carbon sequestration potential of fast growing short rotation free species based agroforestry systems in Terai Region of Central Himalya.13. Carbon sequestration potential and economics of Dalbergia sissoo + paddy based agro-forestry system. 14. Biomass carbon potential in agroforestry systems along altitudes in Tehri district of Uttarakhand. 15. Carbon sequestration potential of few selected tree species. 16. Biomass and carbon stock under high density spacings of different free specie. 17. Climate change and adaptation in agriculture: a study of Himachal Pradesh. 18. Agroforestry system for climate change adaptation and mitigation: a review. 19. Growth, biomass production and co2 sequestration of some important multipurpose trees under rainfed condition. 20. Biomass production and CO2 mitigation potential under different land use system. 21. Improved livelihood and eco-system services through agroforestry based watershed interventions in Bundelkhand regions of central India. 22. Groundwater drought study of Bearma Basin in Bundelkhand region using Groundwater Drought Index (GDI). 23. DNRA in agroforest soils: a tool for cleaner environment. 24. Agroforestry and soil health: an overview. 25. Potential of bamboos for livelihood and income generation. 26. Agroforestry for diversification through livestock. 27. Performance of ginger and chittaratha under varying spacings of seven year old bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees) in central Kerala, India. 28. Performance of wheat and paddy intercropped under poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh ) based agrisilviculture system. 29. Growth performance, essential oil recovery and financial flows of Ocimum spp. under Pongamia pinnata [(L.) Panigrahi]- Ocimum spp. based silvi-medicinal agroforestry systems. 30. Quality fodder production through silvo-pastoral system: a review. 31. Growth attributes, litter decomposition of certain Populus deltoides Bartr. Ex. Marsh. (Poplar) clones and yield performance of paddy and wheat in partially reclaimed sodic soils. 32. Ecologically based pest management for sustainable agroecosystem. 33. Clonal propagation of Eucalyptus using mini cuttings. 34. Genetic diversity studies on Calophyllum inophyllum (Undi) progenies through Inter simple sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. 35. Standardization of best growing medium and container type for quality stock production in Emblica officinalis Gaertn. This book entitled "Agroforestry for Climate Resilience and Rural Livelihood" would help the readers to gain knowledge on importance of agroforestry for climate change and providing ecosystem services through many ways. This is a testimony and a ready reckoner to help to solve the challenges of climatic vagaries and resource degradation of natural resource bases. The compilation would certainly provide the steps that should be taken to meet the twin objective of climate resilience and livelihood security through adoption of agroforestry models. This book would definitely be helpful forpolicy makers, planner.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. 1st Edition. This book comprises 31 chapters on advances in soil-plant systems for improving nutrient use efficiency with four major themes viz. 1. Introduction and Fundamentals of Soil Plant Atmosphere Continuum and nutrient use efficiency 2. Soil physical, chemical, biological and agronomic management for improving NUE 3. Plant physiological, genetic and molecular biological basis for improving nutrient uptake and use efficiency 4. Climate change aspects related to soil and plant systems for improving NUE. Besides the book also include few chapters on analytical techniques and instrumentation for the study of nutrient use efficiency with respect to physico-chemical and biological parameters. …

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