01311pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002100040245011700061260000900178300001300187362001200200520078100212650003800993650003801031650003601069650001901105773001701124180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKumar, K. Mohana  aExtent of social capital formation among Dalits through decentralization process in Kerala during IX plan period  c2005  ap.45-56.  aJan-Mar  aThe present paper mainly analyses the concept of social capital; it also attempts to find out whether decentralisation is helpful in creating social capital. The paper also measures the noticeable creation of social capital among Dalits in the context of Peoples Plan Campaign during IX plan period. People's Plan Campagan is generally considered as a large-scale decentralization experiment the first of its kind in the world. The study observs that there exists a definite local level development. The study found that peoples plan was instrumental in creating new social capital. The creation of the additional social capital and the newly gained political awareness necessarily forges a link between social capital formation and state intervention in Kerala. - Reproduced.  aDecentralization - India - Kerala  aBackward classes - India - Kerala  aSocial capital - India - Kerala  aSocial capital  aISDA Journal