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of Administrators (SOFTRAIN). It was established in recognition of the fact that a criticalinput in the training of administrators is the availability of suitable and effective trainingsoftware. In the rapidly changing socio-economic and political environment of the country,the traditional administrative culture has altered beyond recognition, and administrators arecalled upon to adjust and contribute in a socially useful way in this vastly changedenvironment.In the first year of its establishment, SOFTRAIN has taken several major strides. The mostimportant part of the SOFTRAIN agenda is the preparation of a series of source books fordistrict officers in important sectors of district administration. It is proposed that these sourcebooks extremely practical and action oriented in character, and that they should serve as auseful reference book for implementation to officer trainees when they return to the subdivisional/districtas well as to district officers who are in position in districts.These source books would commence with a brief description of the special problems of thesector. This would be followed by the core of these source books, which would be anextensive series of suggested action points and interventions for solution of various problems.Finally, the third section would be dealing with resources, such as schemes, sources offunding, training institutions, relevant NG0s, etc.During the year under review, work was undertaken for preparation of source books ongeneral skills of management in government, social welfare, health, and promotion of rurallivelihoods. These source books are under various stages of preparation, and SOFTRAIN hasorganised workshops inviting nationally reputed practitioners to contribute their experientialwisdom to enrich these source books. Also in the pipe line are source books on agriculture,forestry, literacy, primary education, disaster management, law and order, public distributionsystem and social justice legislation. The reputed publisher, 'VIKAS' Publishing House Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi has agreed to publish the entire series.4.4. Land Reforms Unit (LRU)The Land Reforms Unit in the Academy has been established to conduct concurrentevaluation of the implementation of land reforms in the country. The study covers the areas