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Title: Rural development programme in India: analytical review at the district level
Authors: Agrawal, Binod C.
Srivastava, U. K.
Keywords: Rural Development Programme
Issue Date: 13-Mar-2010
Series/Report no.: WP;1982/415
Abstract: The paper aims to analyse (a) the actual coverage of developmental programmes (b) the actual beneficiaries and (c) its impact on the overall rural development. Seven special rural development programmes sponsored by the Government of India in seventies have been selected for the analysis. These are (1) Small Farmer's Development Agencies (2) Drought Prone Areas (3) Command Area Development (4) Tribal Area/Hill Area Development Programme (5) Hill Area Programme (6) Desert Development and (7) Whole Village Development Programme using block level data coverage for each of the 389 districts of India have been calculated for all the seven programmes. Also statewise calculations have been made. The analysis shows that not more than one third of the total area has been coverage by any p0rogramme in any State or Union Territory.
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