Health is considered as an important dimension of human development. Good health is not only a prerequisite for well-being it also augments labour productivity and stimulates economic growth. While a well developed health infrastructure is crucial for attaining good health of the people, the...

Shortage of health workers in rural areas is one of the biggest problems faced in India’s health sector. This paper examines the current status of health workforce and human resource challenges in the public health sector in rural India. The findings show that the public health sector in rural...

The objective of the present paper has been to analyse the performance of the rural unorganised manufacturing sector in Assam in the post-reforms period. Using the National Sample Survey Organisation's ‘quinquennial' rounds on unorganised manufacturing sector for the years 1994-95, 2000-01,...

The paper examines the adequacy of the health workforce in the public health sector in rural India. We find that even after a decade of implementation of the NRHM, India’s rural health sector has been suffering from an acute shortage of health workforce. The shortage of health workforce...

Availability of nurses in the rural health centres is a major concern in India. The numbers of nurses are not sufficient to meet the health care needs. In this paper we make an attempt to examine the current situation of the nursing workforce in the public health sector in rural India. We find...