Evaluation of Rural Development Programmes

In evaluating the impact of Rural Development Programmes with specific reference to IRDP and JRY, the book has dealt with three broad issues such as:- 1. Culture of poverty will continue even after the receipt of benefit under IRDP. 2. Impact of IRDP and JRY does not vary among socio-economic groups. 3. JRY has not created community assets and not improved the village life. In this juncture, the occupational status, number of working days in a week, livestock possession, land holding size, and asset position before and after the receipt of benefit under IRDP and improvement in personal, family and community life before and after the receipt of benefit under JRY have been evaluated. Hence, evaluation of rural development programmes remains the central theme of the book. This book will serve as an important reference work for academics and scholars of rural development and rural sociology. Development planners and development administrators will find the data and information presented in this book very much useful in the process of decision-making in rural development.