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By:
17th March, 2008 Dr. Arun Bhadauria
Rural India: Conditions
• Largest sector (Agriculture & Allied) in
Indian Economy.
• Employing about 60 percent of the
population.
• Contributing only about 25 percent to
GDP.
• Providing forward & backward linkage to
Industry & Service Sector.
Rural India: Problems
• Low Productivity.
• Inadequate infrastructure.
• Employment in disguise.
• Low percolation of developmental advantages to
the rural area.
• Dependence on nature.
• Low shift on non-farm activities.
• Largely engaged in subsistence Agriculture.
• Govt protection making rural economy weak.
• Lack of organization in execution of the
developmental efforts.
Rural India: Opportunities
• Huge potential for diversified practices in
Agriculture & Allied activities.
• Peri-urban Culture is the linkage to urban & rural
area.
• Lot of Man power.
• Contributing in high amount to International Trade
and has high potential for International Trade too.
• Large number of untapped & tapped resources.
• Able to attract FDI.
• Provide largest market.
• Main site for environmental conservation.
• Provide support for all sectors.
• Bread earner for whole economy.
Rural India: Threats
• May succumb to the pressure of
capitalistic economy.
• Victim of vote politics.
• Unawareness & inaccessibility.
• Low self-reliance.
• Poor Connectivity led to deprivation of
many facilities and information.
• Indebtedness cause distress.
Rural India: Future Prospects
• Emerge as largest contributor to GDP.
• Become the main site of environmentally
sustainable development.
• Become the main reservoir of human resource.
• Emerge as the largest contributor to other
sectors in the form of food processing,
agriculture technology, biotechnology etc.
• Provide the base for development of whole
economy.
Rural Development: Aim
• To develop Rural India.
• To eradicate poverty.
• To improve quality of life.
• To raise the production & productivity.
• To diversify the agriculture.
• To improve connectivity.
• To provide adequate infrastructure.
• To create human resource.
Rural Development: Lessons Learnt