Rural India and Agriculture are nearly synonymous and the rural dimension in Indian economy is of towering significance. Agriculture is providing livelihood for four out of every five Indians and even fifth one would find it extremely hard to survive if agriculture or rural economy is neglected. So to say that rural development is national development is not very wide off the mark. Indian policy makers have been emphasizing the primacy of rural development, ever since the planning process was initiated in the country. But is should be remembered by the planners that rural development is an interminable process and continuous in its conception and any shift in emphasis or change in the contours of process may lead to anarchy and more problems. This book consists of five chapters, the first is about conceptual basis of rural development and various efforts made for rural development in India. The second chapter deals with the importance of agriculture in Indian economy and role of agriculture in the rural development. The third chapter discusses rural infrastructural facilities and amenities. The fourth chapter throws light on various issues of agriculture and rural development in India. The fifth chapter critically examines the rural development strategies in India. This is a very useful reference book for Administrators, Policy Makers, Planners who are engaged in the Agriculture and Rural Development of the Country.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abha Lakshmi Singh
Abha Lakshmi Singh did her B.A. from Allahabad University and M.A. and Ph.D. from aligarh Muslim University. She had a brilliant academic career having obtained Gold Medal in M.A. She joined the Geography Department, AMU as Lecturer in 1978. Presently she is Professor and Chairman of the Department. Prof. Singh specializes in Agricultural and Environmental Geography. Her four books Economics and Geography of Agricultural Land Raclamatio, Problems of Waste Lands Reclamation, Problems of waste Lands in India, Land Resources Management, Agricultural and rural Development and the project (sponsored by International Insitute of Environment, London) are pioneering work in the fields of Agricultural and Environmental Geography. She has travelled abroad widely, delivered a series of lectuers in different Universities of U.S.A. (1984) and attended an International Workship of Planning for Sustainable Urban Development, University of Wales, Cardiff, U.K. (1992). She has been nominated as full Member of International Geographic Union Commission on Marginal and Critical Lands (1997P. She is a prolifcwriter and has published nearly sixty research papers in national and international journals. She has presented papers in both national and international conferences. Several students have objained Ph.D. under her supervision.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shahab Fazal
Shahab Fazal is currently a lecturer in the Department of Geography, AMU, Aligarh. He has published several papers on Agricultural and Economic Geography.
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