RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH POVERTY ERADICATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA SOME EVIDENCES

Dr.P.Senthil; C.Sivasubramanian

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH POVERTY ERADICATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA SOME EVIDENCES

Dr. P. Senthil, C. Sivasubramanian

Abstract :

Alleviation of rural poverty has been one of the primary objectives of planned development in India. Ever since the inception of planning, the policies and the programmes have been designed and redesigned with this aim. The problem of rural poverty was ought into a sharper focus during the Sixth Plan. The Seventh Plan too emphasised growth with social justice. It was realised that a sustainable strategy of poverty alleviation has to be based on increasing the productive employment opportunities in the process of growth itself. However, to the extent the process of growth bypasses some sections of the population, it is necessary to formulate specific poverty alleviation programmes for generation of a certain minimum level of income for the rural poor. Rural development implies both the economic betterment of people as well as greater social transformation. Increased participation of people in the rural development process, decentralisation of planning, better enforcement of land reforms and greater access to credit and inputs go a long way in providing the rural people with better prospects for economic development. Improvements in health, education, drinking water, energy supply, sanitation and housing coupled with attitudinal changes also facilitate their social development.