About the Book: Rural India (2 Vols. Set)
Rural development implies both the economic betterment of people as well as
greater social transformation. The increasing contact with the outside world
made possible by improved communications has considerably reduced the isolation
of the rural areas and rural development become core issue of the Government of
India. The rural development project received impetus under British colonial
rule, although its agenda was concerned about the maintenance of law and order
and ensuring the supplies of cheap raw materials for British industries. Since
independence, the Government has designed and implemented several
socio-political and economic development programmes for rural development....