| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| Rural marketing initiatives in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies | Dr. S.P. Aggrawal, Dr. Rajiv Nayan | 1 |
| Panchayats in India: A Historical-Institutional Perspective | G. Ram | 17 |
| Role of NGOs in marketing Self-Employment-- A Case Study of Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) | Dr. Y.S. Siddegowda, Dr. K.G. Parashurama | 37 |
| Essential Techniques for Social Work Practice in the Fields of Community Development | Prof. Mukul Srivastava | 53 |
| Self-Help for Chronic Poor: An Assessment of Micro-finance as a Policy Choice | Dr. Chittaranjan Das Adhikary | 66 |
| Static and Dynamic Gains of Micro-Finance: an Empirical Study in WEst bengal | Dr. Debashis Sarkar | 130 |
| Towards Reform of Land Acquisition Framework in India | Dr. Anoop Kumar Singh | 86 |
| Present Value Paradigm and Rural Development | Dr. Brajesh Kumar | 100 |
| land Reforms for Alleviation of Rural Poverty | Dr. K. Somasekhar, Dr.G. Venkata Naidu | 143 |
| Politics of Rural Development | Trilochan Dash | 157 |
| Involvement of Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in India | Gurupada saren | 174 |
| Rural Development with a Feministic Approach: Issues and Alternatives | Dr. Nishu Bala | 184 |
| Micro-Finance: An Instrument for Rural Development | Dr. Y. Ashok Kumar , P. Venugopala Rao | 191 |
| Historical perspective of panchayati Raj in India: An Overview | Dr. V. Venkateswarlu | 198 |
| Integrated Decentralized District Planning and the panchayati Raj Institutions: Theories and Practices | Chandan KUmar Behera | 206 |
| National Rural Employment Guarantee Act-- Opportunities and Challenges | Amit Kumar | 217 |
| Food Insecurity in Rural India: Some Reflections | Dr. Sanjay Roy | 224 |
| Rural Development: meaning and Scope | Dr. Nagaraj Battu | 245 |
| Diversification in Agriculture: A Key to rural Development in the Perspective of Globalising India | Prasanta Bauri | 251 |
| Globalization: Global Economic Crisis and Rural Development | Dr. M. Trimurthi Rao, B. Prathima | 260 |
| Index | | 271 |
