Human development is the process of enlarging possibilities, to
enhance human choices. In a country like India several initiatives
have been undertaken in rural areas to do so. After seventy years
of planned development, challenges remain.
This book analyses contemporary perspectives and the present
scenario of human development; prospects and challenges
in human development initiatives and people’s participation
in human development initiatives in rural India, related to
education, employment, health, livelihood, nutrition, and
grassroots governance.