RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PREPARED BY:  (1) Alok kumar mishra 
               (2) Ankit Baranwal 
                                                                                                  (3) Abdul Quayum                                              
"India lives in its villages  
    - Mahatma Gandhi.  
OUTLINE 
OVERVIEW  MOTIVATION 
OBJECTIVE OF 
STUDY 
IMPORTANCE 
OF RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
KEY 
STRATEGIES & 
POLICES 
LIMITATION  CONCLUSION 
OVERVIEW 
 Our  economy  is  developing  fast,  Industries  and 
big  corporate  are  going  globalised,  with 
liberalization,  tremendous  changes  are  being  felt 
in  IT,  manufacturing,  Service  sector,  but  nobody 
thinks  of  the  rural  development  to  make  it  as 
fast as in these sectors.  
 Then  what  all  this  progress  and  development 
means?  Benefitting  to  30%  in  the  total 
population, already developed and above poverty 
does not mean any development.  
MAIN OBJECTIVES  
To generate 
Employment  Farm & storage  Economical activities 
To improve 
Health  Education  Living condition 
To build 
Infrastructure     Public Service  Communication 
CONTINUE.. 
 Worthy  statutory  infrastructure  for  the  rural 
landscape  
 Creating  conditions  for  the  sustenance  of  a 
population  and  all  types  of  sustainable  rural 
settlement. 
CONTINUE.. 
 Raising awareness  
 Government support  
 Alternative Assistance  
IMPORTANCE OF RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
AGRICULTURE 
EDUCATION 
MIGRATION 
KEY STRATEGIES AND POLICIES 
'National Rural Employment 
Guarantee Act'2005 (NREGA)  
   Act  guarantees  100  days  of  employment  in  a 
financial year to every household social safety net 
for  the  vulnerable  groups  and  an  opportunity  to 
combine  growth  with  equity  Structured  towards 
harnessing  the  rural  work-force,  employment  for 
the  area  for  future growth  employment  and  self-
sufficiency  Operationalised  from  2nd  February, 
2006  in  200  selected  districts,  extended  to  130 
more districts in 2007-08. 
   The  remaining  districts  (around  275)  of  the 
country  under  the  ambit  of  NREGA  from  1st  of 
April, 2008  
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 
(SGSY)  
 Self  employment  programme  for  the 
rural poor.  
 The  assisted  families  (Swarozgaris) 
may  be  individuals  or  groups  (Self-
Help Groups). 
 Emphasis is on the group approach 
 To  bring  the  assisted  poor  families 
above  the  poverty  line  by  providing 
them  income  generating  assets 
through  a  mix  of  bank  credits  and 
government subsidy. 
 Organization  of  poor  into  Self-Help 
Groups  and  taking  care  of  training, 
credit,  technology  infrastructure  and 
marketing. 
 Implemented  by  the  District  Rural 
Development  Agencies  (DRDAs)  with 
the  active  participation  of  Banks,  the 
line Departments, and NGOs   
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana 
(PMGSY) 
 Launched    December,  2000 
100%  centrally  sponsored 
scheme  to  provide 
connectivity  to  unconnected 
habitations  Road  connectivity 
to  all  habitations  with  a 
population of thousand (500 in 
case  of  hilly  or  tribal  areas) 
with all weather roads by 2009  
  lead  to  rural  employment 
opportunities, better access to 
regulated  and  fair  market, 
better  access  to  health, 
education  and  other  public 
services   
 Bridge  the  rural-urban  divide 
and pave the path of economic 
growth.  
Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) 
 Since  1985-86  to  help  build  or 
upgrade  homes  to  householdsbelow 
the poverty line  
 Ceiling  on  construction  assistance 
under the IAY currently is Rs. 25,000/- 
per  unit  for  the  plain  areas  and 
Rs.27,500/-  for  the  hilly 
terrains/difficult areas.  
 To  impart  transparency  to  the 
selection  process  of  beneficiaries,  a 
'permanent  waitlist'  was  prepared 
under IAY.  
 60  lakh  houses  were  to  be 
constructed  in  a  period  of  4  year 
from 2005-06  
 Against  this  overall  target,  15.52  lakh  
were  built  in  2005-06  and  14.98  lakh 
homes in 2006-07   
Accelerated Rural Water Supply 
Programme 
ARWSP 
 Central government 
supplements States efforts for 
providing safe drinking water 
and sanitation by providing 
financial and technical 
assistance under two centrally 
sponsored programmes  
 'Accelerated Rural Water 
Supply' (ARWSP)  
 'Central Rural Sanitation 
Programme' (CRSP).  
 By 2009, 55,067 uncovered, 
3.31 lakh slipped back and 2.17 
lakh quality affected 
habitations are to be addressed 
 approximately 6 lakhs 
habitations where water supply 
is a problem to be covered  
LIMITATIONS :PROBLEMS IN RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT  
1.People related 
2.Agricultural related 
problems 
3.Infrastructure related 
problems 
4.Economic problems 
5.Leadership related 
problems 
6.Administrative problems   
PEOPLE RELATED PROBLEMS  
 1.Traditional way of thinking. 
 2.Poor understanding. 
 3.Low level of education to understand 
developmental efforts and new technology. 
 4.Deprived psychology and scientific orientation. 
 5.Lack of confidence. 
 6.Poor awareness. 
 7.Low level of education. 
 8.Existence of unfelt needs. 
 9.Personal ego.   
AGRICULTURERELATEDPROB 
1.Lack of expected awareness ,knowledge ,skill and 
attitude. 
2.Unavailability of inputs. 
3.Poor marketing facility. 
4.Insufficient extension of staff and services. 
5.Multidimensional tasks to extension personnel. 
6.Small size of landholding 
.7.Division of land. 
8.Unwillingness to work and stay in rural areas.  
INFASTRUCTRAL RELATED PROB. 
 Poor infrastructure facilities like-:  
 1.Water 
 2.Electricity 
 3.Transport 
 4.Educational institutions 
 5.Communication 
 6.Health 
 7.Employment 
 8.Storagefacility etc.  
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS 
 1.Unfavourable economic condition to adopt 
high cost technology. 
 2.High cost of inputs. 
 3.Underprivileged rural industries  
LEADERSHIP RELATED PROBLEM 
1.Leadership among the hands of inactive and 
incompetent people. 
2.Selfinterest of leaders. 
3.Biased political will  
ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS 
1.Political interference. 
2.Lack of motivation and interest. 
3.Unwillingness to work in villages. 
4.Improper utilization of budget. 
5.No proper monitoring of programs and lacki 
ng their implementation. 
   India lives in villages. (70% Population are in villages) 
   56% of population gets only 17% share in GDP. 
       (The sectoral GDP represents 17% share of primary sector   
and on the contrary 56% of population is engaged in 
agriculture.) 
 There is unequal distribution of national income.   
Solutions 
 Rural Developments Plans 
 Facilitates Cities and Villages eqully 
 Provides the Needs. Like, 
 Proer Land Reforms 
 Rural credit 
 Electrification, Etc  
CONCLUSION 
 Rural development is a process of qualitative and quantitative changes to 
improve conditions in rural regions. Such a process needs to be an 
integrated programme where all aspects of rural life should be taken into 
account.  
 Promotion and encouragement to the private sector players by the 
Indian Government as a result of which both the public and private sector 
has made considerable efforts for the upliftment of the rural sector in India 
which has resulted in ethical, social and environmental benefits. Playing the 
role as a motivator, and a facilitator, the Government had undertaken a 
number of development initiatives for the rural India.   
 With a vision to create an excellent rural infrastructure on the back of 
transport and telecommunication facilities, provision of education and 
medical facilities to all rural households, it is important that the threads be 
woven together in order to reflect the utmost significance of rural sector for 
the growth Indian economy.