Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Civil Society in India

Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Civil Society in India The Self Help Groups (SHG) initiative was adopted by India several decades ago in order to alleviate POVERTY, and improve Women’s ability to achieve rights and well-being. At the beginning, SHG was an initiative undertook by NGOs, but later on, due to its success in improving … Read more

Education for Girls, other Socially and Economically and other disadvantaged sections of people and Minorities, etc

Education has been accepted as one major agency of socialization, and teachers and educational institutions as socializing agents. In describing education as an instrument of Social Change, three things are important: the agents of change, the content of change, and the social background of those who are sought to be changed, i.e. students. Educational institutions … Read more

Food Security Scheme

–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> After the rural job guarantee programme, the government is now focusing on an ambitious National Food Security Act aimed at drawing more people into the food security net. It has made a strong pitch for providing 35 kg of cereal at Rs 3 per kg every … Read more

SVAMITVA scheme

SVAMITVA: Empowering Rural India with Property Rights The Indian government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has launched several initiatives aimed at transforming the rural landscape. One such initiative, the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme, is a revolutionary program focused on empowering rural communities by … Read more