Rural development focuses on empowering rural communities by enhancing their capacity to prioritize needs and access benefits, especially for marginalized groups like poor women and landless individuals. Its objectives include improving living standards, agriculture, socio-economic infrastructure, and essential services such as health and education. Significant schemes in India, like the MGNREGA and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojna, aim to boost productivity, employment, and the standard of living for rural populations.

1. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
MEANING, OBJECTIVE,
SCHEMES IMPORTANCE
S SEBASTIAN

3. RURAL DEVELOPMENT CAN BE DEFINED AS, HELPING RURAL PEOPLE SET
THE PRIORITIES IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND
DEMOCRATIC BODIES, BY PROVIDING THE LOCAL CAPACITY;
INVESTMENT IN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL SERVICES, JUSTICE,
EQUITY AND SECURITY, DEALING WITH THE INJUSTICES OF THE PAST AND
ENSURING SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE RURAL POPULATION,
ESPECIALLY THAT OF WOMEN.

4. ACCORDING TO ROBERT CHAMBERS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS A STRATEGY TO
ENABLE A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, POOR RURAL WOMEN AND MEN, TO
GAIN FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN MORE OF WHAT THEY WANT
AND NEED.
IT INVOLVES HELPING THE POOREST AMONG THOSE WHO SEEK A LIVELIHOOD
IN THE RURAL AREAS TO DEMAND AND CONTROL MORE OF THE BENEFITS OF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE GROUP INCLUDES SMALL SCALE FARMERS, TENANTS
AND THE LANDLESS.

6. OBJECTIVES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS IMPROVING THE LIVING STANDARDS OF
RURAL PEOPLE BY UTILIZING THE EASILY AVAILABLE NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
THE OTHER OBJECTIVES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMERS ARE AS FOLLOW:
1. DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES.
2. DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGE AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES AND HANDICRAFTS.
3. DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH INCLUDES SETTING UP OF
RURAL BANKS, CO-OPERATIVES, SCHOOLS ETC.
4. DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES I.E. DRINKING WATER, ELECTRICITY,
RURAL ROADS, HEALTH SERVICES ETC.
5. DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE .

7. RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN INDIA
DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY GRAMEEN KAUSHAL YOJNA
MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME (MGNREGS)
NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION
NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION

8. IMPORTANCE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND THE WAGES OF RURAL PEOPLE.
TO INCREASE AND QUICK EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES.
TO DEMOLISH UNEMPLOYMENT AND A NOTABLE DECLINE IN UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
TO GUARANTEE TO INCREASE THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATION.
TO PROVIDE THE BASIC NEEDS – E.G. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, CLEAN DRINKING
WATER, AND, RURAL ROADS, ETC.

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