An integrated approach in a Rs.365-crore project funded by the World Bank appears to have worked wonders in some 600 villages in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, fetching higher self-sustaining incomes and literacy for its residents.
http://ummid.com/news/2011/October/10.10.2011/watershed_project_fr_villagers.htm
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