Rural Development : Concept and Recent Approaches

Contents Acknowledgements Preface 1 The concept of development 2 Approaches to community development 3 Community organisation an approach to community development 4 Rural development concepts and approaches 5 Rural development worker 6 Rural development programmes in India 7 Relevance of rural development programmes 8 Integrated rural development programme 9 Participation 10 NGOs and rural development 11 Rural development administration 12 Panchayati Raj administration 13 Current Schemes of Central Government - I 14 Current Schemes of Central Government - II 15 Rural development budget allocations 2005-06 16 Information technology and rural development 17 Challenges in rural development 18 Analysis of the development programmes 19 Recent approaches in rural development 20 Rural development programmes in Tamil Nadu 21 Schemes for welfare of minorities Appendices Bibliography IndexThe book primarily deals with different dimensions of rural development with special reference to India The focus throughout remains on enabling the reader to understand the concepts and recent approaches to rural development Besides the discussion on the schemes of the central and state governments for different target groups gives better understanding of the rural development activities of the government The book promises to be a valuable reference for all concerned students of social work sociology public administration rural development the academicians development workers and the policy makers  332 pp.…