Table of Contents

1. Introduction;; SECTION I: ECONOMIC WELL-BEING;; 2. Income and Poverty;; 3. Agriculture;; 4. Employment;; 5. Assets and Amenities;; SECTION II: EDUCATION AND HEALTH; ; 6. Education and Human Capital;; 7. Health and Health care;; SECTION III: VULNERABLE POPULATION; ; 8. Child Well-being;; 9. Well-being of the Elderly;; 10. Gender and Family Dynamics;; 11. Social Integration and Exclusion; Section IV: Social Changes;; 12. Village Development;; 13. Social Safety Nets;; 14. Conclusion

About the Author

Sonalde B. Desai, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, USA and joining as Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India, from December 2009; Amaresh Dubey, Professor of Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India; Brijlal Joshi, Retired Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India; Mitali Sen, Statistician, US Census Bureau, USA; Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Asia, India; Reeve D. Vanneman, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, USA.