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Centre for Equity and Social Development (CESD)
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Email :
cesd@nird.gov.in
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SCOPE
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Development is by its nature social. Its ends embody social values. Its means are
social processes and institutions. Its benefits and costs are distributed across
communities, social groups, and organizations. All development is, therefore, in
some sense social - because all development necessarily expresses social objectives,
requires social mechanisms in order to achieve those objectives, and has social
consequences. In fact all development is social development in the sense
that people are the central purpose of development, their skills and capacities
its critical resource.
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Within the process of development, social and economic development form two sides
of the same coin. Social development's most distinctive feature is its attempt to
harmonize social policies with measures designed to promote economic development.
Social development is a process of planned social change designed to promote the
well being of the population as a whole in conjunction with a dynamic process of
economic development.
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ocial development encompasses a very broad concern for the development of people,
for an improvement in people's lives and for giving people some control over their
lives. Social Development is thus obviously a multi-dimensional effort. It means
literacy, education, good health, and all that goes to make good health possible
like food and nutrition, security, drinking water, easy availability of medical
and health facilities - both preventive and curative, and full and productive employment.
It means life for the individual in freedom and dignity, free from being discriminated
against on grounds of sex, race, colour, religion or caste. It means life in security
where the society in which the individual lives lets the individual life in a manner
that suits him while at the same time not infringing on other people's rights.
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The Centre for Equity and Social Development (CESD) in NIRD plays significant role
in promoting equity and social development in rural areas through research, training
and consultancy services.
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FOCUS
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The CESD focuses mainly on policies, strategies, and programmes that promote social
development in rural areas. Its emphasis is on poverty reduction not just in terms
of increased production but also in terms of helping poor people gain equal access
to participation in the social, economic and political process of development through
enhancement of the level of education, health, employment opportunities outside
family, which cut across the class, caste, race, gender, ethnic groups, rural-urban
divide etc. Participation, the means by which poor people can be directly involved
in development, is another important area in which CESD focuses its attention. In
promoting social development, empowerment of poor people to extend, their areas
of knowledge and acquire new skills and abilities that could enable them to better
defend and promote their livelihoods, is very important component and area of crucial
concern of the CESD. Similarly, women's social and economic development and the
promotion of gender equity to ensure equal access to resources and development benefits
are also the key areas in which the CESD focuses its attention. The CESD also attaches
significant importance to the mainstreaming of the marginalized sections of the
society e.g. the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, differently abled persons
in rural areas, and the child labour.
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Centre's Mandate
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To study the problems of improvement in the quality
of life in the rural areas;
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To understand the factors that promote economic growth
in rural areas through Human Resources Development.
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To examine the forces which prohibit and retard the
process of equitable distribution of income, resources and benefits of development;
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To critically examine the factors that promote broad
based people's participation;
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To identify the constraints involved in mainstreaming
the deprived and marginalised sections of society; and
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To share the experiences gained in understanding the
above issues through publications, seminars/workshops and training programmes.
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Faculty Profile
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