Synopsis Gender issues are wide and spread over the entire gamut of development. Over the decades it appeared to be the most intriguing for development plans. The present book, which is an outcome of a national seminar, held under the auspices of Council for Social Development, New Delhi, is an attempt to look into the gender issues involved in different development activities. The contributors are drawn from different social science background such as economics, sociology, demography, geography and anthropology. This is done purposely to have perspectives of all these disciplines in one single book.