JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE

RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL
PLANNING
R.VARSHINI GUPTHA
A brief introduction to development, community
17011BA029
development and rural planning. Community
URBAN AND REGIONAL development programmes in rural areas.
PLANNING

3/7/2019
Contents
DEVELOPMENT: ........................................................................................................................................ 2
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................... 4
EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE:............................................................. 4
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS A GRASSROOTS PROCESS BY WHICH COMMUNITIES: .. 4
OBJECTIVES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES (IN INDIA): ......................... 5
RURAL PLANNING: .................................................................................................................................. 5
RURAL PLANNING IN INDIA .............................................................................................................. 6
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (RURAL CONTEXT) : ..................................... 7
OBJECTIVES : ......................................................................................................................................... 8

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DEVELOPMENT:

A process that enables human beings to realize their potential, builds self-confidence, and lead lives of
dignity and fulfillment. It is a movement away from political, economic, and social oppression.

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Is a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to
common problems.

EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE:

 a long-term Endeavour

 well-planned

 inclusive and equitable

 holistic and integrated into the bigger picture

 initiated and supported by community members

 of benefit to the community

 grounded in experience that leads to best practices

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS A GRASSROOTS PROCESS BY WHICH

COMMUNITIES:

 become more responsible

 organize and plan together

 develop healthy lifestyle options

 empower themselves

 reduce poverty and suffering

 create employment and economic opportunities

 achieve social, economic, cultural and environmental goals

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OBJECTIVES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES (IN INDIA):

 Help in Planning:

The CDPs are aimed at helping the villages in planning and developmental activities.

 Involving Villages in National Reconstruction:

An important objective of CDP is to make village people self-dependent and encourage them to take part
in the activities of national reconstruction.

 Improving the Standard of Living of Villagers:

They have been provided with various employment facilities and opportunities to set up industries and the
training to improve their agricultural production.

 4. Other Objectives of CDP :

There are also specific objectives intended basically at ‘all-round Development of the Rural Society’.

I. improvement of agricultural production

II. Setting up of cooperative societies in villages
III. Animal husbandry
IV. Public health
V. Rural education
VI. Improving the means of communication
VII. Setting up small-scale cottage industries
VIII. Organizing village panchayats

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RURAL PLANNING:
Is an area of prime importance for the Ministry of Rural Development. As part of the Planning
objectives in India, Rural Planning needs to reflect growth and social justice. Growth in the rural
sector is the key to social and economic development of India.

RURAL PLANNING IN INDIA

Is based on various issues. The chief areas of development include:

 Rural infrastructure habitant development

 Poverty reduction
 Provision of basic minimum service
 Employment generation
 Making available basic necessities

In order to meet these needs of rural India, the Indian Government had launched various
RURAL SCHEMES.

 Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)

 Rural Housing (Indira Awaas Yojana)

 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY
 Training Schemes:

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THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (RURAL CONTEXT) :

India emerged as an independent state in 1947, but a concrete and comprehensive

programme on rural development was not launched until October 1952.

Though India is rightly acclaimed as the land of villages, the directive principles of state
policy enumerated in the constitution contain just two references on rural development in
India.

The article 40 and the article 48.

ON 2 October 1952, fifty-five community projects were launched throughout India

Inaugurated by Rajendra Prasad, who hailed it as “the small seed which will grow into a
huge and mighty tree”.

It was a multi project programme with the aim of overall development of rural people.

Each community project covered three hundred villages or a population of 300,000.

Starting with fifty-five blocks in 1952 , the CDP spread rapidly . by the end of first five
year plan (1951-56) there were 1,114 blocks covering 163,000 villages with a population
of 11 million.

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OBJECTIVES :

• TO INCREASE AGRICULTURE
PRODUCTION
• SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF RURAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
SHORT TERM • ENCOURAGE SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES
OBJECTIVES • DEVELOP MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
• ASSIST VILLAGERS TO BUILD GOOD AND
CHEAP HOUSES

• DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL LIFE

THROUGH OPTIMUM UTILISATION OF
PHYSICAL AND HUMAN RESOUCES
LONG TERM • TO PROVIDE SPORTS FACILITES
OBJECTIVES • TAKING CARE OF SOCIAL , MORAL AND
FINANCIAL PROGRESS

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 SCOPE :
Reutilization of waste lands, AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES
repairing of old wells, irrigation
facilities, animal husbandry,
poultry farming, fishery, soil
conservation etc.

Co-operative service societies, marketing co-operatives

ORGANIZATION

Primary education, social EDUCATION

education, adult education
with the aim of expanding the
mental horizon of ruralites.

Setting up of small scale and cottage

EMPLOYMENT industries and provide employment
opportunities.

Provision of mobile, HEALTH SERVICES

permanent dispensaries,
medical aid during
pregnancy etc.
Repair of old roads, construction of new roads and
arrangement for transportation
COMMUNICATION

SUPPLY OF DRINKING WATER

Providing safe drinking
water by repairing old
wells or constructing new
ones.

Imparting vocational training in the field of tailoring,

VOCATIONAL TRAINING
embroidery , carpentry etc.

Provision of better housing, SOCIAL WELFARE

organization of sports, promotion
of cultural activities.
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 In closing,

The CDP created bonds with the people by first taking up activates, and, as a consequence
villagers experienced emotional closeness with the government.

Improved the agricultural production, communication facilities and created awareness among
people. Initially CDP was a government programme later on , public started involving .

Articles published on the CDP.

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 References:

 Rural development in India ( a public policy approach )

- Shiriam maheshwari

The Hindustan times , 3 october 1952

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