One of the major objectives of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration, Mussoorie, which imparts training to Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) officers, is not only to sensitize them towards the plight of
rural people, but also to equip them with an in-depth understanding of rural
issues. The IAS officer trainees are required to prepare a village study report
as a part of their district assignments after conducting extensive
questionnaire-based household survey. This four-volume series of Socio-Economic
Profile of Rural India is based on the village study reports of IAS trainees.
Volume one on South India, published in the year 2002, contains papers of the
States of Andhra