K. Seeta Prabhu is Visiting Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, former Tata Chair Professor and Programme Director, PMRDF Scheme, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (2013–18), and former Head, Human Development Resource Centre, UNDP, India.

S. Parasuraman is Vice-chancellor, MIT World Peace University, Kothrud, Pune, former Director (2004–18), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and former Asia Policy Director, ActionAid International.

Abbreviations
Tables, Figures and Boxes
Acknowledgements
Preface

1. Securing Development
Issues and Challenges in India
K. SEETA PRABHU, S. PARASURAMAN & ANANYA CHAKRABORTY
2. The Story of the Political Economy of India
Conflict and Concerns
G. HARAGOPAL

PART I
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF WORKING
IN CONFLICT REGIONS
3. My Experience as a Change Agent
A PMRD Fellow’s Journey
KUMAR MANISH
4. From Urban to Rural
A Couple’s Journey in Chhattisgarh
MAYUR GUPTA & HARSHA VASHISTHA
5. A 48-hour Journey to Freedom
Working in a Maoist Stronghold
JECHONIA ISLARY
Insight 1 Redefining Empowerment
Experience of a Visually Challenged PMRD Fellow
BIBHUTI BHUSHAN NAYAK

PART II
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PROTECTING PEOPLE’S RIGHTS
6. Securing Entitlements in a Context of Conflict
IPSITA SAPRA
7. Padho Simdega
The Quest for Quality Education in a Conflict Situation
SHASHI KANT VERMA
8. A Small Revolution in Odisha
Making a Kandhamal Village Open Defecation-free
NIVEDITA MOHANTY
9. Project Avval
Improving Institutional Deliveries in Adilabad, Telangana
ANANTHA KRISHNAN R. K.
10. Uncounted Lives
The Missing Daughters of Khunti, Jharkhand
SHILA MATANG
Insight 2 Addressing the Needs of Children with Disabilities
Case from Umaria, Madhya Pradesh
KUMAR MANISH
Insight 3 Combating Fluoride Contamination in Garhwa, Jharkhand
SANTOSH KUMAR
Insight 4 Addressing Child Marriage in Keonjhar, Odisha
NILAMADHAB DIGAL
Insight 5 Liberating Labourers from Bondage in Nabarangpur, Odisha
ANURANJAN MINZ

PART III
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ENHANCING LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS
11. Saving Lives and Livelihoods
Case Studies from India’s Contested Landscapes
ANUPAM SARKAR & SAGAR WADKAR
12. Coffee Plantation
Additional Livelihood Avenues for Farmers in Rayagada, Odisha
DEVAN KUMAR KUDA
13. Bringing New Life to Mango Producers
A Tale from Mayurbhanj, Odisha
RASHMI RANJAN ROUT
14. Promoting Fisheries as a Livelihood Alternative
A Case from Arwal, Bihar
PANKAJ KUMAR RAI
15. Many Faces of Success
Establishing a Livelihood College in Sukma, Chhattisgarh
AJITENDRA KUMAR
16. Taking the Skills Path
Advait Skill Training Centre in Aurangabad, Bihar
NAMRATA VILOCHAN
17. Waste to Wealth
Fly Ash Brick–manufacturing in Gondia, Maharashtra
VIJAYKUMAR MADHUKAR TATE
Insight 6 Preserving Indigenous Rice Varieties
Heritage Agriculture in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
NEHA GUPTA
Insight 7 Gurukul of Skill in Dongargaon, Chhattisgarh
PRESHIT AMBADE
Insight 8 Facilitating Army Recruitment of Youth in Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh
MAYUR GUPTA

PART IV
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ENSURING PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE
18. Restoring Governance in Conflict Areas
MRUTUYANJAYA SAHU
19. To the Forest Born
Implementing Community Forest Rights in Sirasanapalli
PRATHIMA NALABOLU
20. Deepening Social Security
Transforming e-Governance Systems for Pension Delivery
ADITYA TYAGI
Insight 9 Promoting Convergence in Sambalpur, Odisha
NILAMADHAB DIGAL
Insight 10 Artists’ Federation for Social Awareness in Kandhamal, Odisha
SAUMYA RANJAN NATH
21. Mediating Developmental Change
Some Reflections
K. SEETA PRABHU AND TORAL GALA
Notes on the Editors and Contributors

K. Seeta Prabhu is Visiting Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, former Tata Chair Professor and Programme Director, PMRDF Scheme, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (2013–18), and former Head, Human Development Resource Centre, UNDP, India.

S. Parasuraman is Vice-chancellor, MIT World Peace University, Kothrud, Pune, former Director (2004–18), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and former Asia Policy Director, ActionAid International.

Abbreviations
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Catalysing Development in India’s Conflict-affected Districts
K. SEETA PRABHU, S. PARASURAMAN, AND ANANYA CHAKRABORTY
PART I
ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS
2. Righting the Narrative
PMRDFs in Actualising a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development
IPSITA SAPRA
3. Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture
An Initiative in Surguja, Chhattisgarh
DIVYA GUPTA 4. Contextualising Gender and Agriculture in the Tribal Setting of Surguja
Women in Distress
ARPIT ASTHANA
5. Negotiated Terrains—Geographical and Institutional
A Unified Response to Malnutrition-related Infant Deaths in Nagada, Odisha
PRASAD R. BHAT
PART II
PROMOTING PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
6. Democracy and Participatory Development
P. KARUNAKAR AND M. SAHU
7. Vote Ki Azadi
A Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation Campaign in Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir
SADASHIV NAYANPALLY
8. Yojana Banao Abhiyan
The Case of People’s Participation in Planning in Chatra District of Jharkhand
TABISH AZEEM
9. Rejuvenating Rural Sanitation in Sitamarhi, Bihar
NITIN KUMAR
PART III
SECURING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
10. Collective Action for Livelihood Augmentation in 181India’s Remotest Districts
SAGAR KISAN WADKAR AND ASHISH KUMAR DAS
11. Formation of Naga Farmer Producer Company Limited
RANSOM LUNGLENG
12. Sustainable Livelihood for Small and Marginal 215Farmers in Mizoram
P. THANGSUANHAU
13. Community-led Livelihoods Promotion
A Case Study for Walnuts in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir
ARUN SHARMA
14. Creating Market Linkages for Millets Produced in Tribal Regions of Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh
ROHAN S. KATEPALLEWAR
PART IV
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES
15. Grassroots-Level Innovations in Education and Skill Development
ANUPAM SARKAR AND PEBAM NGANTHOIBA MANGANG
16. The Bastar Science Experiment
NIKHILESH HARI
17. Deploying Educational Technology for Teaching, Learning, and Training in Resource-poor Vernacular-medium Schools
VIJAY SIDDHARTH PILLAI
18. Skilling
An Innovative Approach to Youth Empowerment in Koderma, Jharkhand
PRASHANTH S. CHINNAPPANAVAR
19. The Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) International Internship in School Education, Kashmir
VAIBHAV JINDAL
20. ‘Teach For Hailakandi’ Project
CHIHANRING KASHUNG
21. Catalysing Development
Lessons from PMRDF
K. SEETA PRABHU AND S. PARASURAMAN
Notes on the Contributors