Rural development is a complex process that aims to improve living conditions in rural areas. It requires integrated efforts across sectors like infrastructure, public services, health, education, employment and standard of living. While the government and private sector have undertaken development initiatives, rural areas still lag significantly behind cities in these areas. Effective rural development strategies require addressing issues like inadequate infrastructure, lack of opportunities, traditional mindsets, and ensuring balanced growth between rural and urban regions.

1. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PREPARED BY: (1) Bhargav Upadhyay (GLS 1258)
(2) Narendra Gamara (GLS 1209 )
(3) Nirav Panchal (GLS 1226 )
(4) Bhavna Rathi (GLS 1237)
(5) Kelly Gandhi (GLS 1210 )

2. Real Bharat

3. "India lives in its villages“
- Mahatma Gandhi.

4. OUTLINE
IMPORTANCE KEY
OBJECTIVE OF
OVERVIEW MOTIVATION OF RURAL STRATEGIES & LIMITATION CONCLUSION
STUDY
DEVELOPMENT POLICES

5. 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.

6. SOME QUESTIONS THAT TAKE YOU MORE DEEP
IN TOPIC.
(For us this are the MOTIVATIONAL QUESTIONS
for selecting this topic )

7. QUESTION : 1
• While we have international fully air
conditioned schools in our cities, the schools
in villages still don’t have benches and chairs,
leave alone computers. We have a huge
shortage of teachers in rural areas, and the
school drop out rate is huge.
WHY RURAL AREAS LAG BEHIND CITIES BY
DECADES?

8. QUESTION : 2
• In cities, we have wide roads, flyovers and
underpasses while many villages still don’t
have proper roads. Urban-rural road links can
play a vital role in rural growth.
WHY RURAL AREAS LAG BEHIND CITIES IN
GROWTH ?

9. QUESTION : 3
• Employment opportunities are hardly there
in villages which forces youth to move to
cities creating imbalance in the ecosystem and
leaving the villages deprived.
WHY LACK OF OPPORTUNITY IN RURAL AREA ?

10. QUESTION : 4
• While we may have numerous hospitals,
nursing homes and medical facilities in cities,
villages neither have health awareness nor
health facilities.
• Many of villagers have to flock to cities for
even basic treatments.
WHY RISING DISCONNECT BETWEEN CITIES
AND VILLAGES ?

11. And Many More QUESTIONS like..
• Proper land reforms
• Rural credit
• Electrification
• Many more Questions & this Story Continues
from decades…….

12. MAIN OBJECTIVES
To build
Infrastructure Public Service Communication
To improve
Health Education Living condition
To generate
Employment Farm & storage Economical activities

13. CONTINUE..
• Worthy statutory infrastructure for the rural
landscape
• Creating conditions for the sustenance of a
population and all types of sustainable rural
settlement.

14. CONTINUE..
• Raising awareness
• Government support
• Alternative Assistance

15. IMPORTANCE OF RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE
EDUCATION
MIGRATION

16. 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

17. 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 NGO’s

18. 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.

19. 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

20. Accelerated Rural Water Supply
Programme
• Central government
ARWSP
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

21. 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

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
• 1.Unfavourable economic condition to adopt
high cost technology.
• 2.High cost of inputs.
• 3.Underprivileged rural industries

26. LEADERSHIP RELATED PROBLEM
1.Leadership among the hands of inactive and
incompetent people.
2.Selfinterest of leaders.
3.Biased political will

27. 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.

28. CONCLUSION
 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……

29.  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.

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