January - March 2013 - National Institute of Rural Development

Journal of Rural Development(Quarterly Journal of NIRD)INSTRUCUCTIONSTO AUTHORSProcedureCommunication : The National Institute of Rural Development welcomes articles of interestrepresenting original work, analytical papers and papers based on review of extensive literatureon economic, sociological, psychological, political and administrative aspects of ruraldevelopment for publication in its quarterly Journal of Rural Development (JRD). Allcommunication should be addressed to the Editor, Journal of Rural Development. NationalInstitute of Rural Development, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030, India (e-mail:ciec@nird.gov.in). The Editor will correspond with the main author.Declaration : Each article should be accompanied with a declaration by all the authors that (1)they are authors of the article in the order in which listed; and (2) the article is original, has notbeen published and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. If you have quotedmore than 500 words/a table/a figure from a published work, in the article, enclose a copy ofpermission obtained from the respective copyright holder.It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission in writing for the use of all previouslypublished material, not that of the editor or publisher. Authors are responsible for payment ofany permission fees.Manuscript : Each manuscript should be submitted in triplicate with a letter of transmittal.Article should be double spaced typewritten on one side of quarto size (A4) paper. The lengthof the article may not exceed 10,000 words (40 typed pages approximately). The margin keptshould be 1 1 / 2" on the left side and 1" on the other three sides.Softcopy Submission : If you send your article in a CD it should be entered in MS Word 2007.The CD should be sent in a CD container to protect it from likely damage. Soft copies can alsobe sent by e-mail: ciec@nird.gov.in, cmrd_info@nird.gov.in.Review System : Every article will be reviewed by a masked peer view by two referees. Thecriteria used for acceptance of articles are contemporary relevance, contribution to knowledge,clear and logical analysis, fairly good English and sound methodology of research articles. TheEditor reserves the right to reject any manuscript as unsuitable in topic, style or form withoutrequesting external review.Editing : Every accepted article will be edited. If the author wishes to see the edited copy he/she should make this request at the time of sending the article. Since this involves a minimumof an additional four weeks time, in the production process, we will assume your concurrenceto our editing unless specified by you.Copyright : The author owns the copyright of the article until the article is accepted by the JRDfor publication. After the acceptance communication, the copyright of the article is owned bythe National Institute of Rural Development and should not be reproduced elsewhere withoutthe written permission of the editor and the authors of the article.