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About The Book: The book is a useful study which contains principles for the growing need of literature in development administration. Various dimension of Panchayati Raj, Implementation and evaluations of welfare and development programmes for weaker sections in rural areas have been analysed with the help of micro study. It also exhaustively deals with centrally sponsored schemes and programmes for poverty alleviation. About The Author: Dr. Abraham Mathew, is Selection Grade Lecturer, Postgraduate Department of Political Science and Public Administration, St. John's College, Anchal, affiliated to the University of Kerala. CONTENTS: # Acknowledgements 7: 1. Introduction 9: • Concept of Welfare • Evolution of the Welfare State • Welfare: Administration • India A Welfare State • Welfare: Administration in India • Role of Panchayats in Welfare: Administration • The Panchayati Raj System • Village System: after Independence • The New Panchayati Raj System in: India • The Panchayati Raj System in Kerala Developments: After the 73rd Constitution Amendment • People’s Planning: • The Sen Committee • Panchayats and Welfare: Administration in Kerala • Statement of the Problem: • Objectives • Hypotheses • Methodology • The Scope and: Relevance of the Study • Limitations of the Study • Scheme: of the Study: 2. The Conceptual Framework of the Study 37: • Welfare • Public Administration • Sustainable Development: • Decentralisation and Panchayati Raj System • Planning: and Poverty Alleviation: 3. Poverty Alleviation Programmes Under the 8th Five: Year Plan 81: • Planning Commission • Five Year Plans • Manpower: Planning and Poverty Alleviation • Human Development in: Kerala • Schemes for Poverty Alleviation: An Analysis •: Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) • JRY and Employment: Generation: 4. JRY in Action—the Kerala Experience 125: • Purpose and Features • Evaluation Studies of JRY in Kerala: • Need for an Investigative Study • Methodology • Profile of: the Sample Districts • Empiric