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The health of a nation is a sum total of the health of its citizens and communities. To achieve this goal total participation of its citizesn, communities and the government is essential. There is a considerable challenge for optimizing the existing rural health infrastructure throughout the country. Considering the potentiality of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) it is proposed that the health infrastructure in the rural areas be made accountable to ...
Despite the steady growth of economy after independence, the problem of unemployment is still on the increase. The benefit of growth has failed to percolate down to the poor people especially in rural areas. The strategy for poverty alleviation includes acceleration of rapid economic growth with a focus on employment intensive sector (generation of income and wealth), access to basic minimum services for improving the quality of life of poorest of poor; and ...
Rural means a fixed number of people living in a community, and development means a positive change in living standard of such people. Rural development cannot be achieved without a complete process of change in rural areas which leads to improvements in rural income, employment opportunities, income distribution, rural welfare and other aspects of rural life. Rural development reform is not a time bound process. It is ceaseless and continuous effort which ...
Rural tourism compasses rural society, culture and beliefs in their original form. It covers all those aspects of travel whereby people learn about each other's ways of life and thought. It signifies the tourists' interest in the customs of the indigenous and exotic people. Rural tourism development is community-based, participatory and designed to improve the economic and social well-being of local villagers in addition to the concerned institutional and ...
This book is a compilation of 46 papers that were presented by policymakers, rural development professionals, academicians and researchers in the NIRD Foundation day Seminar on 'Rural Development and Social Change' organized on 9-10 November, 2005 in National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad. These papers were presented and discussed under different themes, and provided a critical analysis of the existing pattern and emerging trends in the area of rural ...
This book portrays the pattern of decision-making by rural women and their participation in farm and home activities besides other social economic pursuits. This has a definite impact on agricultural production, stabilisation of population policies, social reforms, entrepreneurial activities and so on. The book raises several issues and suggests ways for removing general bias and empowerment of women for their effective participation in social, rural, political, ...