Case Studies of People's Participation in Watershed Management in Asia (PWMTA, 1996): A successful case of participatory watershed management at Ralegan Siddhi Village in district Ahmadnagar, Maharastra, India*: Recent prominent initiatives of people's participation in resource management: Self-Help groups by Taj Mahal gram Bikas Kendra

Case Studies of People's Participation in Watershed Management in Asia (PWMTA, 1996)

A successful case of participatory watershed management at Ralegan Siddhi Village in district Ahmadnagar, Maharastra, India*

Recent prominent initiatives of people's participation in resource management

		(introduction...)
		Naxalite movement
		Chipko movement
		Save Narmada movement (Andolan)
		Bodh Gaya Andolan
		Ganga liberation (Mukti) Andolan
		AVARD'S irrigation schemes
		Water council (Pani Panchayat)
		Sukhomajri
		Rope makers of saharanpur
		Chakriya Vikas pranali (the cyclic system of development)
		MYRADA's self-help groups
		Rural labor association of Halpati Sava Sangh
		Ralegan Siddhi
		Self-Help groups by Taj Mahal gram Bikas Kendra
		Mahila Vikas Sangh (women development federation)
		Self employed women's association

Self-Help groups by Taj Mahal gram Bikas Kendra

The organization, a member of AVARD, has successfully, organized rural poor women in a muslim dominated pockets of Howrah district, West Bangal. Over 4,000 women are members who generate resources through small savings and use it for the development of micro-enterprises.