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Panchayat Udyogs in Uttar Pradesh: A Democratic Experiment in Micro Enterprise Development

This paper documents a unique experiment in micro enterprise development that has been underway in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for the past three decades. Inspired by the Gandhian economic philosophy of ’gram swaraj’, this experiment has given birth to a distinct set of enterprises, whic...

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Main Author: Singh, S K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Entrepreneurship 1999
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Online Access:http://library.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui/handle/123456789/1344
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