Information Technology for Participatory Development

1. Introduction
2. Information: The Basic Resource for Development
— Prithvish Nag
3. Local Governments and Right to Information
—^Teeka Ram Meena and V.K. Gopi
4. Responsible Local Government: Need for
Transparency — S.M. Vijayanand
5. Transparency in Local Governments with Special
Reference to Public Works — T.R. Chandradath
6. Information for Development Status Assessment
of Grama Panchayats — P.P» Pillai
7. Information and Socio-Economic Equality
— T.K. Rama Krishnan
8. Information Access and Empowerment
— K.N. Shyamasundaran Nair
9. Community Development Information System:
A Technocratic Neo-Gandhian Model
— S. Venugopal
10. Role of Micro Level Social Institutions in Participatory
Planning — V.R. Raghunandanan
11. Library Movement and Development Process in Kerala
— P. Govinda Pillai
12. Participatory Approach and Information Access:
Steps to Development Planning
Padma V. Upadhya and I.K. Ravichandra Rao
13. Information for Participation of Ethnic and Rural
People in Planning and Development
— C. Pythal and A. Varadarajan
14. Information Centre For Regional Planning and
Development — M. Parameswaran and A.B.George
15. Information Technology in Governance : Opportunities
— Naresh Reddy
16. Strategic Plans for Designing Information Systems
Under Local Government — R. Raman Nair
17. Digital Local Government Information Centre
for Democratic Decentralisation
— K. Rajasekharan
18. Scope and Challenges of Geo Information
Management for Decentralized Planning
— Radhakrishnan Nair and Haridas P. Nair
19. Geographic Information System for Soil Resource
Analysis at District Level — N. Saifudeen
20. Role of Rural Libraries in Participatory Development
— R.P. AIha
21. Information Management for Rural Development
— Sajal Kanti Goswami
22. Access to Government - Held Iiiformation
— V. Sreenivasulu and H.B. Nandwana
23. Integrated Information Systems for Development
— M.A. Prodhani
24. Kerala's Unique Contribution to Information Handling in
Agriculture — Krishnan Kaniyamparambil
25. Information Should Flow to the Farm
— K.P. Rajendran
26. Protecting Farmer's Right to Information
— C.N. Jayadevan
27. IT Application Crucial in Agricultural Development
— Jaya Soorya
28. India's Largest Digital Library to Support Agricultural
Sector — K.N. Syamasundaran Nair
29. Networking of Agricultural Information Centres at
State Level — K. Veeranjaneyulu
30. Information Support for Health Care Under People's Plan
— M.. Chandrakumaran Nair
I Report of the Working Group on Right to Information
and Promotion of Open and Transparent Government
II Working Group on Information Technology for
Masses : Background Report
III The Information Technology Act, 2000
IV Information Technology Policy of Andhra Pradesh
V Information Technology Policy of the Government
of Kerala
VI Information Technology Policy of West Bengal 2000
Vn Kamataka: The Millennium IT Policy : Information
Technology for the Common Man
Vin Information Technology Policy of Delhi
IX Information Technology Policy of Uttar Pradesh, 1999
X State Policy and Initiatives on IT of MP : The Next
Destination for IT
XI Information Technology Policy of Tamil Nadu