The Planning Commission, Government of India and UNDP jointly published in 2002, a compendium of case studies of successful development initiatives (that is, schemes, projects or programmes) of various State Governments. This compendium was aimed at facilitating inter-State comparison and encouraging replication of these initiatives in other parts of the country. The process of documenting successful initiatives was envisioned to be a continuing exercise. Hence, it was decided to produce the next version of the compendium, i.e. Good Practices Resource Book. New Concept was involved in its design, layout, editing and printing.