Vijay's Vision

                                                                                                               - *Dr. S. Vijay Kumar           Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have been accepted as the engine of economic growth and   for promoting equitable development all over the world, especially in India in view of second highly populated country in the world. Micro and small scale enterprises have existed in rural India since ages in the form of traditional skills. Recently, r ural entrepreneurship has emerged as a dynamic concept. There is lot of scope for rural entrepreneurship in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) sector economy which plays a vital role in providing employment and income for the poor and unemployed in rural areas. As the population grows there will be pressure on land and the growth in the agricultural production cannot absorb the ever increasing rural labor force in agricultural employment. This leaves the rural non-farm sector in the form of rural

This Paper was Presented in the National Seminar (18th & 19th September, 2019):  “Social Justice and Working of Panchayats in India: Revisiting Ambedkar School of Thought” at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India. -*Dr. S. Vijay Kumar Dr. B.R. Ambedkar believed that the village represented regressive India, a source of oppression. He argued against Panchayats as he was apprehensive about the continuation of caste Hindus hegemony. Further he opined that villages in India were caste-ridden and had little prospects of success as institutions of self-government. His Hindu code bill was an idea to bring equality and justice in society through emancipation of women by extending equal property rights to women. He held that the emancipation of Dalits in India was possible only through the three-pronged approached of education, agitation and organization.  He was viewed   essentially as a egalitarian and a social reformer rather than a nationalist. With