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Greening Rural Development in India 2013 (Volume-1)
Summary :Greening rural development programmes led by the Government of India, The report recommends measures needed to achieve green, including measuring and tracking, the use incentives and the building of capacities. It also contains a number of case studies showing how green results can be achieved. This report also examines the potential contribution to environmental sustainability of the schemes administered by the Ministry.
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Case Study Panchayati Raj and Planning In India (Participatory Institutions and Rural Roads)
Summary :The institutional structure of the Panchayati Raj, the local self-government system in India, and the implementation of rural development programmes in the context of a participatory approach have been examined in this paper. The paper is divided into three sections, The first sets out a brief background of decentralized development efforts in India. The second set is about Working of the Participatory Planning System and the third set is about Policy area for institutional development to enhance approach to rural development.
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National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) 2012
Summary :The objective of the policy is to facilitate access to Government of India owned shareable data and information in both human readable and machine readable forms through a network all over the country in a proactive and periodically updatable manner, within the framework of various related policies, Acts and Rules of the Government, therefore, permitting a wider accessibility and use of public data and information.
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First Administrative Reforms Commission (1967)
Summary :The Administrative Reforms Commission the committee appointed by the Government of India for giving recommendations for reviewing the public administration system of India. The first ARC was established on 5 January 1966. The Administrative Reforms Commission was initially Chaired by Morarji Desai , MP, and later on K.Hanumanthaiah. This report makes general recommendations on the resources to be given based upon local variations, so that a purposeful plan can be developed for the Area.
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Technical Committee on Drought Prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme
Summary :This report has been designed to restore ecological balance through soil and moisture conservation on watershed basis. The eligible Blocks have been selected on the basis of the level of irrigation and slope of the terrain as enumerated by the Committee. The Committee is of the view that for combating drought effectively, all the villages in the selected blocks should be covered by these Programmes over the next ten years.
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Report of the Committee on Restructuring of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
Summary :States have been raising concerns at various forums about lack of flexibility in CSS schemes, adverse implication of counterpart funding requirement of CSS on State finances and questionable utility of operating large number of CSS with thinly spread resources at the field level. To consider the concerns of all stakeholders, Planning Commission has constituted a Sub-Committee for suggesting restructuring of CSS to enhance its flexibility and efficiency in March 2011.
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Greening Rural Development in India
Summary :The report recommends measures needed to achieve green, including measuring and tracking, the use incentives and the building of capacities. It also contains a number of case studies showing how green results can be achieved.
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Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) Volume 3
Summary :The 12th Five Year Plan was placed before the National Development Council for discussion on 27th Dec. 2012, New Delhi. The volume 3 focuses on Economic Growth.
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Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) Volume 2
Summary :The 12th Five Year Plan was placed before the National Development Council for discussion on 27th Dec. 2012, New Delhi. The volume 2 focuses on Economic Growth.
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Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) Volume 1
Summary :The 12th Five Year Plan was placed before the National Development Council for discussion on 27th Dec. 2012, New Delhi. The volume 1 focuses on More Faster, Inclusive & Sustainable growth.
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