The book presents a comprehensive picture of the rural development programmes in chronological order since first five year plan to the eighth five year plan. At

In Indian context.

Focuses on a qualitative descriptive analytical approach and analyses rural development within a theoretical framework of development which is described as evol

The bulk of India's population lives in rural areas. According to the 2011 Census, the rural population formed 68.8% of the country's total population. The coun