NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY

BHOPAL 

LAW AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT SYNOPSIS
THE GANDHIAN APPROACH TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT

 Submitted to- Submitted by-

Dr. Birpal Singh HimanshuAhirwar (2018BALLB88)

Yashwant Manothiya(2018BALLB)
INTRODUCTION

Mahatma Gandhi as a visionary of India had a very clear perception of its villages and made an
emphatic assertion that "India lives in her seven and half lakhs of villages'. He further believed that
India will have to live in villages, not in towns, in huts not in palaces. He held this conviction by
saying that "If village perishes, India will perish too. He found that the progress of the country lies
in the development of majority of its rural villages, develop rural economy, industry and rural skills.
Gandhiji found the only way of bringing hope of good living to the rural people 1s by making the
village the central place in the economic programme Rural development as outlined by Ganhji
contained self sufficiency, inter-dependence for other wants and development of Village Industries.
He wanted to bring about rural reconstruction with sound scientific and spiritual values. Through
his 18-point Constructive Programme, Gandhiji successfully implemented his rural reconstruction
activities in Sevagram Centre near Wardha in 1935.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Gandhi gave an idea of village as being a complete swaraj or a republic in itself but in the current
scenario thousands of farmers suicide each year and lack of proper care of the facilities provided by
the government like toilets and schools not being used. The fact that villages have to suffer due to
poor implementation of facilities and programs just rings a bell that the gandhian view of villages
being complete swaraj won't ever become reality.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Primary goal of this paper is to analyse Gandhiji’s vision of Rural development as means of

a. For Economic progress of India

b. To achieve a sustainable economic model

HYPOTHESIS

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number of exceptions has been laid to determine what actually is culpable homicide, however a
number of times due to a number of factors and considering the facts of cases, it becomes
difficult to apply the probability of death.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

METHOD OF STUDY

The present study has adopted the doctrinal method of study.

PATTERN OF CHAPTERIZATION (preliminary)

1. Introduction
2. What is Gandhian Concept of rural development?
3. What is an ideal village?
4. Rural Reconstruction through removal of untouchabilty
5. Decentralisation
6. Self Sufficiency
7. Industrialization
8. Trusteeship
9. Suggestion and conclusion

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY