Contents Preface vii 1.Introduction 1 Rural Land Development 2.Development Trends 10 Economic Indicators 3.Macroeconomic Dimensions 42 Growth Targets, Investment Needs and Resources; Regional Balancing and Poverty; Issues in Aggregate Demand Management 4.Planning and Implementation Issues g0 Decentralisation; Civil Services Reforms; Open Government; Sustainability; Capital Investments 5.Plan Investments and Financing 103 Financing of States' Plan investments; State-wise Analysis of Financing of States, Plan Investment; Sectoral Distribution of Plan Investments 6.Employment Perspective 142 New Trends in Employment and Unemployment; Labour Intensive Sectors vi Rural Sustainable Development 7. Special area Programmes 172 North Eastern Region; Developmental Programmes in the Tenth Plan; Development of Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput (KBK) Region of Orissa 8. Micro Credit for Women's Empowerment 187 A Case Study of Dhan Foundation; Limitation of the Study; Perspective of DHAN Foundation; Community Banking Programme; Growth of Financial Services; Repayment; Social Mobilization and Empowerment Impact of Micro Finance 9. Rural Micro-finance in Inida 236 World Micro Credit Summit; Issues Regarding Data; Institutional Mapping; Institutional Mapping Bibliography 272 Index o 274