Subject(s): Rural development in India. -- Volunteer workers in community development in India. -- Development context in India- Poverty and inequality, indigenous roots and development process, governmental program for rural development, problems of economy models and political structures -- Framework of study : research objectives and hypothesis -- Service and development groups : service groups, development groups -- Action groups, local people's action groups, field- based action groups, social action groups -- Rural development, political and legal action, health, education, environment, technology, women, culture and indigenous wisdom, folk arts and crafts, tribal development -- Analysis- models and links of community action groups : three models of CAGs, qualitative comparison of three models of CAGs, collective strengths and weaknesses, external links -- Development with justice : Towards development and justice, implication for global development concerns