People of the Scheduled Castes have a long history of being discriminated against, exploited, and placed at the bottom of caste society. The panchayati raj, after the enactment of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, brought in measures to overcome these past indignities, and provided a quota...

The issue of small and declining health sector financing by the central and state governments in India is addressed by the launching of National Rural Health Mission in 2005-06. Bottom up planning starting with village as unit used as the main strategy of NRHM to meet the region specific health...