This collection of twenty-nine papers attempts to examine the various aspects of Development in Contemporary India. Taking a close look at development projects and action plans, it addresses the critical issues concerning sustainable development, public-private partnership in health-care, good governance, and security challenges in e-commerce. The contributors also deal with the protection of human rights and social justice, judicial activism, educational development, political partipation of tribals, the role of Panchayats in alleviation of poverty, coalition politics, and the contribution of mass-media towards rural development.