Rural development programme in India: analytical review at the district level

dc.contributor.author	Agrawal, Binod C.
dc.contributor.author	Srivastava, U. K.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-13T12:18:00Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-13T12:18:00Z
dc.date.copyright	1982-03
dc.date.issued	2010-03-13T12:18:00Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11718/1068
dc.description.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.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WP;1982/415
dc.subject	Rural Development Programme	en
dc.title	Rural development programme in India: analytical review at the district level	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en