International Organisations and Rural Employment Programmes in India: Emerging Trends

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: a. International Governmental organisation & India. b. The world food programme. 2. Rural poverty and unemployment in India: a. Unemployment in India. b. Estimation of unemployment. 3. Rural development employment programmes in India. 4. Rural employment programmes in India: review of literature. 5. Rural employment programmes in Andhra Pradesh: a. Employment programme Andhra Pradesh. b. Employment guarantee schemes in Andhra Pradesh. 6. Rural employment programmes: field experience. 7. Conclusion. 8. Bibliography. The advent of foreign capital and technology into the Third World countries including India in the late fifties has substantially affected the orientation of the economy of the latter. The Third World counties are led to a situation where they are compelled to accept the enticing new style development models of International Governmental Organisations (IGOs). The impact of these on the economy of different countries is not always condusive to the development process. On the other hand it has helped to subserve the interests of the IGOs Multi national corporations and the ruling class of the Third World. The experience with the rural development programmes launched in India at the instance of IGOs appears to be no different. Through these programmes are grounded in the rhetoric of radical change they remains basically incremental or reformist within the conventional liberal paradigm. Although there have been many studies on the rural employment programmes in India very few have noticed the covert designes of IGOs in formulating and implementing these programmes which have adversely affected the rural poor and economy. The present study seeks to examine the impact of rural employment programmes vis a vis IGOs in the betterment of the living standards of the rural poor.…