Assignment- 1

Q. 1- What is Rural Development? Give the scope and importance of Rural Development.

Q. 2- What is the importance of rural development for creation of sustainable livelihoods?

Q. 3- Enlist various policies and programmes undertaken by government of India for rural
development in the agricultural sector?

Q. 4- Explain Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and its objectives?

Q. 5- Explain Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and its objective.

Q. 6- Explain National Watershed Development Project in Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA) and

its objective.

Q. 7- Explain National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and its objective.

Q. 8- Enlist various policies and programmes undertaken by government of India for the
social sector.

Q. 9- Explain Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) and its objective.

Q. 10- Explain Food for Work Programme (FFW) and its objective.
 Assignment- 2
Q. 1- Write a short note on: Sriniketan Experiment.

Q. 2- Write a short note on: Gurgaon Experiment.

Q. 3- Write a short note on: Marthandam Experiment.

Q. 4- Write a short note on: Baroda Experiment.

Q. 5- Write a short note on: Firkha Development Scheme.
Q. 6- Describe Nilokheri Experiment.

Q. 7- Write a short note on: broad-front development appoach.

Q. 8- Write a short note on: Employment-oriented Integrated Approach to Rural

Development.

Q. 9- Describe Gandhian approach to rural community development.

Q. 10- Describe C. Subramanian approach to rural community development.

 Assignment- 3
Q. 1- Explain the structure of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India.

Q. 2- What do you mean by Gram Panchayats ? Explain the major functions of Gram
Panchayats.

Q. 3- What do you mean by Panchayat Samiti ? Explain the major functions of Panchayat
Samiti.

Q. 4- What do you mean by Zila Parishad ? Explain the major functions of Zila Parishad.

Q. 5- Write a short note on: Balwantrai Mehta Committee.

Q. 6 - Write a short note on: Ashok Mehta Committee.

Q. 7- Write a short note on: GVK Rao Committee.

Q. 8- Write a short note on: L.M. Singhvi Committee.

Q. 9- What are the various features of 73rd Amendment Act, 1992?

Q. 10- Which are the various government organizations working in the field of rural finance
in India?
 Assignment- 4
Q. 1- Outline the key elements of Human Resource Development.

Q. 2- Write a short note on: Nutritional Status.

Q. 3- Write a short note on: Access to Basic Amenities.

Q. 4- What is meant by population composition?

Q. 5- What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the
population of a country?

Q. 6- Write a short note on: Human Resource Development Dimension -Training.

Q. 7- Write a short note on: Human Resource Development Dimension -Skill Development.

Q. 8- Write a short note on: Human Resource Development Dimension - Education.

Q. 9- Write a short note on: Human Resource Development Dimension - Health.

Q. 10- What do you understand by Human Resource Development (HRD)? Enumerate the
need for human resource development in rural sector.
 Assignment- 5
Q. 1- Explain the concept of industrialization in rural India.

Q. 2- Give the positive and negative impacts of industrialization in rural India.

Q. 3- Write a short note on: Gandhian approach to rural industrialization.

Q. 4- What are the principal components of the Gandhian model?

Q. 5- Give the classification of technologies used in rural industries.

Q. 6- Give the role of rural entrepreneurs in economic development of the village.

Q. 7- What are the various problems of rural entrepreneurship?

Q. 8- Define women entrepreneur. Give the importance of women entrepreneurship in rural

development.

Q. 9- What are various challenges and obstacles faced by women entrepreneur in rural area?

Q. 10- What are government initiatives for skill development for rural entrepreneur?