Rural Planning Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Management training and development in India. 2. Development programmes in Kandhamal. 3. Developments in women empowerment. 4. Rural livelihood diversification and its measurement issues. 5. Role and functions of district rural development agency. 6. Performance of Indias planned economic development. 7. Rural poverty in Meghalaya: its nature, dimensions and possible options. 8. Rural employment programme, including food for work SGRY. 9. The challenges of participatory rural development. 10. Joint forest management programme. 11. Risk management in rural development. 12. Decentralized development efforts in India. 13. The rural economy and the common man after globalization. 14. Voluntary action and alternative development in tribal areas. 15. Reflections on the management of the aged in India. 16. Community development programme. 17. GIS based application for rural development management. 18. Developing income generating options for women. 19. Planning organizing and managing of small business. Bibliography. Index.

The Government of India Act, 1935 under the British rule, while confirming autonomy on the provinces, included rural development as an important programme to be initiated for the welfare of the people with the outbreak of World War II and Bengal Famine of 1943, food supply was a critical problem in most parts of the country. Emphasis on food production was provided through.

In post independence period the Govt. of India took a number of steps to develop the core sectors of rural India with five years and several other plans.

The book examines the various issues, challenges and opportunities lies within the periphery of rural planning management.