CONTENTS Preface v Agriculture in India - Rural Economy 1-20 (i) Introduction 1-12 (ii) Vision of Development of Rural India12-20 Dr.A.P.J.AbdulKalam Agriculture Perspectives 21-55 (i) WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference 2005 21 - 27 (ii) Trade in Agriculture 27-34 (iii) Silk Realing 33-38 (iv) Contract Farming-Corporate Agriculature 38-44 (v) Reducing Cattle Wealth 44-49 (vi) Locking Horns over Culture & Business 49-53 (vii) Destruction of Common Lands-Land Management Options 53 - 55 Farm Technology Transition 56-119 (i) An organic Cup of Tea, Please 56-64 (ii) Persisting on TwoJeft feet 64-67 (iii) Controversy over G.H. Crops 67-74 (iv) Lens on B.T. Cotton 74-78 (v) Farmers Welcome organic Farming 78-84 (vi) Organic Farming Takes root in Rajasthan 85-87 (vii) Vermiculture in a Sikar Farm 87-99 (viii)Regulation of Bio-Technology 99-104 (ix) Politics of Farm Technology104-119 4. Strengthening the Rural Economy 120-154 (i) Indo-us Deal in Agriculture 120-133 (ii) Less Seed, More Harvest 133-144 (iii) This Journalism is about growth 144-147 (iv) Self-help extension service 147-154 5. Status of Women and Children 155 - 224 (i) Pro-active Policy for eleminating Child abuse 155-161 (ii) Overview of Women in Rural India162-178 (iii) Women in local Self-Government 179-182 (iv) A Lifetime of Subjugation 182 -191 (v) Review of Literature on Women Workforce 192-204 (vi) Food and Disease 204-210 (vii) Child Care and Rehabilitation 210-216 (viii) Interpreting Cultural Factors 216-218 (ix) Local Democrary in Action 219-224 6. Poverty & Hunger 225-259 (i) Availability Vs. low Purchasing Power 225-235 (ii) Widening income Disparity 235-238 (iii) Rural Indebtedness & Suicides 238-245 (iv) The Hunger Project 245 - 249 (v) Unchanging Face of Rural Poverty 249-259 7. The Urbanization & Urban-Rural Charges and Historiocal Background 260-338 (i) The Urban Economy 260-278 (ii) Pattern of Urbanization 278-293 (iii) Cultural History of India 293 - 304 (iv) Urban-Rural Change & Challenge 304 - 323 (v) Government Policy causes Imbalanced Growth 323-329 (vi) Causes for Growth of Unemployment 329 - 338 8. India after Economic Refoms 339-376 (i) Some Policy Responses 339-348 (ii) Impact of Economic Reforms 348-359 (iii) Forecast of llth 5 year Plan 359-376 Appendix 377-384 Bibliography 385-386 Index 387-391