in Koraput District, Orissa William Stanley Since the 1970s mainstream Indian industries have begun exploiting the resources of the Eastern Ghats, a large portion of which lies in Orissa. This has...
Development, Displacement and Rehabiliation
A Field Report Nita Mishra For the last 40 years, the army has used vast areas in the Chhechhari Valley (also known as Netrahat) for various military exercises. The recent proposal of the 23...
and Rehabilitation Sangeeta Goyal What constitutes adequate and appropriate resettlement and rehabilitation of people displaced by development projects has been the subject of considerable debate...
Survey of International Experience Roli Asthana Involuntary resettlement consists of two closely related yet distinct processes: displacing people and rebuilding their livelihoods. This paper...
Population Displacements Michael M Cernea The forced displacement of populations caused by many infrastructural development programmes epitomises one category of disruptive changes that may occur as...
Locating Gender Enakshi Ganguly Thukral Since displacement is a traumatic experience for everyone undergoing it, how does it affect women differently? If whole families are being affected, why...
Draft National Policy for Rehabilitation of Persons Displaced as a Consequence of Acquisition of Land Ministry of Rural Development I Introduction 1.1 With the advent of the New Economic Policy, it...
of Displacement and Resettlement Byron J Good A broadly defined mental health perspective, one that incorporates an understanding of social and behavioural problems along with mental illnesses, as...
The Displaced as Victims of Development Smitu Kothari Efforts at minimising displacement or improving resettlement will only be marginal, palliative and temporary if they are not contextualised in a...
Usha Ramanathan The paradigm of development that has found favour with planners makes displacement of large numbers of people, even whole communities, an unavoidable event. The utilitarian principle...
Some Theoretical Issues Roxanne Hakim Resettlement to the Vasavas, a community of largely subsistence farmers in Gujarat, involves a physical move from the hills to the plains which restructures the...
Draft National Policy for Rehabilitation Objectives and Principles B K Sinha The Draft National Policy for Rehabilitation addresses itself primarily to the needs of disadvantaged communities and...
Defining a Field Veena Das Three different but interrelated sets of issues in resettlement research in sociology/social anthropology are addressed here. The first set deals with the manner in which...
Outcomes for Displaced Two Case Studies S Parasuraman Since displacement means redefinition of people is entitlement and access to socio-cultural, economic and environmental resources, a clear...
Mathew Areeparampil The history of the indigenous people of Jharkhand is one of struggles against outside exploiters, who have gradually reduced them to a subordinate position in their own land...
