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April 17, 2018
Narendranath Damodaran April 17, 2018
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The Being and Doing of CSR

Emphasising the distinction between the being and the doing capabilities of a person and a community, the article stresses how corporate support in nurturing civil society, through collectives, will lead to holistic development of the poor, knowing they have the potential to bring about change in themselves and the world around them
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December 2, 2015
Jyotirekha Roy Pradhan December 2, 2015
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Joining Hands for MGNREGA

Realizing the need to have women participate in the governance of their villages so that they can contribute more effectively to their own well-being and the society they live in, Sampurnna and PRADAN take on the responsibility of unleashing the immense power of people at the grass roots for development action
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November 20, 2015
Dilip Kumar Mishra November 20, 2015
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The Impact of the MGNREGA–CFT Programme: Steps towards Transformation

Campaigning for the Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise and initiating village level meetings, the Sarguja Gramin Vikas Sansthan, through MGNREGS and a series of effective interventions, has been successful in transforming barren, eroded lands to flourishing fields yielding different crops and fruit all year round
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October 19, 2015
Ashwini Kulkarni October 19, 2015
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CFTs in Maharashtra

Required to be run by the government and be embedded in the local community, Cluster Facilitation Teams need to provide the necessary impetus to generate demand, to create the right type of infrastructure for the people and the area, and to strengthen gram panchayats to take decisions for their communities
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October 18, 2015
Vishal Jamkar October 18, 2015
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Exploring Mendha Lekha: An Ideal Village

Stepping out of the position of being a passive receiver of state largesse, a tiny village in Maharashtra has found its power, over the last two decades, in a collective decisionmaking process that takes cognisance of the needs and capabilities of each of its people, paving the way for enhanced confidence to interact with the government, agencies and the outside world, and creating living conditions and environment worth emulating
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October 10, 2015
Inayat Sabhikhi October 10, 2015
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MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK Reflections on the MGNREGA-NRLM Convergence CFT Project

Seeking to transfer, in a sustained and well-designed manner, the knowledge of best practices and theoretical understanding of concepts from CSOs to frontline functionaries, the CFT project promises rich and multi-fold dividends from this investment in human resources, impacting all programmes at the block level
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May 11, 2015
Govind Kelkar May 11, 2015
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Unmediated Land Rights: Well-being for Women

Besides the standing and dignity in the family that owning land in their own names gives them, women also acknowledge the voice it gives them in household and community decision-making, and the financial security it affords them against eviction from the marital home.
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May 10, 2015
Sabita Parida May 10, 2015
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Secure Land Rights for Women: Indispensable for Sustainable Development

Assuring and securing land rights for women requires transformation at various levels— individual, familial and societal; only then will development goals become a sustainable reality in the foreseeable future
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March 11, 2014
C. Shambu Prasad March 11, 2014
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Revisiting Science’s Social Contract

Making an impassioned plea for marrying innovative approaches in the field, including SRI, in crop cultivation with scientific research by academia, the article looks at the prevalent resistance of the latter to practices on the ground and hopes for more openness and collaboration between theory and experience, and a re-working of the social contract between science and society
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April 1, 2013
Amit Kumar April 1, 2013
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Engagement of the State in the Promotion of SRI: Understanding the Process

Presenting facts, experiences and lessons of a study conducted to assess the engagement of states in the SRI programme in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha and the role played by various stakeholders including the government, CSOs and farmers
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