<p>Under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule led by the charismatic Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar, one of the poorest states in India has seen a spectacular turnaround since 2006 so much so that some see the potential of the next green revolution in India sprouting from this Gangetic plain.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The book, Structural Innovation for Inclusive Development in Bihar: The Navodaya Shahar Model explores this recent resurgence in Bihar and shows that policy options in the medium term are highly limited. The usual route of rural-urban transformation stands blocked and the vast rank of the rural landless continues to swell in this second most populous state in India. Floods of outmigration have provided a safety valve. But unless internal mobility is generated through rapid structural transformation, the human development baseline will not budge, nor will the specter of mass poverty begin to thaw.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This book outlines the concept of Navodaya Shahars (new age rur-ban habitats) based on a new ‘land reform plus’ agenda to converge ownership of assets by poor households and feasible solutions for services, and lay a solid foundation for identity and livelihood with dignity. Could Navodaya Shahars be the Twenty-first Century incarnation of Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Gram Swaraj’ vision?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This question is likely to engage scholars, policy makers and the common man alike. This book belongs to the category of ‘game-changers’.</p>