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Smart Villages

November 30, 2015

On 30.08.2015, when Mr.Lalu Prasad Yadav, spoke about the need to create Smart Villages as against Smart Cities, some memories of my work came flooding in. When I was District Collector Sivaganga in 2003 for a short stint of about 8 months, I started a campaign called… Read More

Prosperity Vs. Poverty

October 22, 2015

Poverty line Vs. Prosperity line

As far as a I am concerned, poverty is a negative construct and prosperity is a positive one. Rather than taking somebody above poverty line with the risk of him falling back below that line, isn’t it a better idea to… Read More

Panchayat Level Convergence Committee (PLCC)

October 22, 2015

When I started the baack2school campaign in Krishnagiri District in 2006, one area we felt needed urgent attention was the attitude of the Government and non –Government functionaries at the Village Panchayat Level. In fact we noticed that there was hardly any interaction among the ten odd… Read More