Rural Development In India Research Articles

Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Rural Marketing & Development with Reference to selected Villages in India

Information is power and power is information. Without information there can be no growth. Now information is penetrating into rural India as well, because without its presence there, we cannot think about development of the entire country. India is in the midst of a knowledge revolution, complemented by the opening up of entirely new-vistas in information and communication technology. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has emerged as an effective facilitator in the development of any society and is a prime driving force in the growth of rural economies. The Rural Market of India is showing an impressive growth largely due to changing lifestyle patterns, better communication network and rapidly changing demand structure of consumers of rural area. With the changing patterns of Rural Market, the role of ICT has increased from providing only the Networks to set-up the basis of updated technological programs in the rural area. It is widely believed that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are effective tools in the development of rural India. Rural people are less knowledgeable rather than their city counterparts. Thus, technological advancement is necessary for every nook and corner of India.

A Study on the Assignment of Government Schemes for the Rural people in Arisipalayam Village

Rural development has global attention majorly based on the developing nations and it has a great importance for a country like India. It focuses on the development of the farmers and in various section in rural economics. Rural economics experience serious poverty issues aim at developing the productivity of all the humans. It also admires the various issues of rural village economics that has a higher growth and improve in various fields. The Government of India has launched many of the schemes for the development of the rural sides. The rural people facing the major problems in not aware of what government has offering. They have lack of awareness in housing loans, absence of infrastructure in villages and also in towns connectivity by all-weather and also the absence of employment opportunities in villages.ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY), GABIR KALYAN ROJGAR YOJANA, SVAMITVAYOJANA, PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI, PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMIN AWAS YOJANA, DIGITAL INDIA, WORKING WOMENS HOSTEL. These schemes are playing major role in rural development of India. This study reveals the awareness level of all the rural village people and how they are utilizing the schemes offered by the Government

Agri Tourism: The Paradigm Shift towards Rural Development in India

Agriculture play a crucial role in the Indian economy. About 65 percent of the rural population are dependent on agricultures as it contributes 13 percent of GDP and is biggest source of employment in rural areas. Due to low agriculture productivity and poor condition the Indian farmers have to face miserable life. Providing additional income generating activities to existing agriculture would certainly increase contribution of agriculture to national GDP. Agro - Tourism will serve this purpose. Agro tourism is the latest concept in the Indian tourism industry. It gives an opportunity to experience the real enchanting and authentic connection with real life. It has a direct impact on host culture and rural community creating needed employment and opportunities for development . Therefore this research paper attempt to understand the growth of agro tourism in India and its benefits to the farmers.

Role of Agrotourism in Rural Development of India

Role of Agrotourism in Rural Development of India

A Study of Regional Rural Banks in the Present Scenario of India

Regional Rural Banks play a crucial role in the agriculture and rural development of India. RRBs successfully achieved the target of taking banking to the doorstep of rural households to avail easy and cheaper credit facility and other financial services. The main objectives of this study are to find the Need, Functions, Objectives, and Challenges of RRBs as well as also study the financial statement of RRBs. Which was published by NABARD (Mumbai) to find how many RRBs survive today and in which state or district they cater their services.

Factors Affecting the Rural Development and its Challenges in India

This paper examines the factors that impact rural development in India and the challenges faced in achieving sustainable development in rural areas. The study explores various factors such as poverty, inadequate infrastructure, low education levels, lack of access to financial services, and limited technological advancement that hinder the development process in rural areas. It also investigates the role of government policies and programs in addressing these challenges and promoting rural development. The analysis highlights the need for a comprehensive approach that involves the participation of all stakeholders, including the government, private sector, and local communities, to address the underlying causes of rural underdevelopment in India. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of implementing policies that promote sustainable development and empower rural communities to overcome the challenges they face in achieving their development goals. Sample of 239 respondents are considered for study survey to know the factors that affects the rural development and its challenges in India and found that Infrastructure, Government policies, change in climate and financial services are the factors that affects the rural development and its challenges in India.

Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance Issues: Perspective from Rural India

India is a country of vast villages where two-third of population of India resides. India is a largest, vibrant and functional democracy. The local self-government system of Panchayati Raj was introduced in the constitution of India through the 73rd Amendment in which the village life extensively runs in a democratic way through the decentralization approach. This 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act brings out a vital change in rural life holistically for the objective of ‘Empowering People for Prosperity’. India has nearly 3.1 million elected members through more than 250,000 local government units. Local government authorities have the authority to create development plans for the areas, with the aim of fostering social justice and local economic development. The implementation challenges of policies and programs before the local government and the also the role of local elites, politically powerful groups, bureaucratic society and private enterprises to become for providing good governance for the development of rural areas. By using the secondary based data to find out the local government system and governance in India. This paper reveals forward states provide good governance through the local government in the core areas of development with execution of plans in rural India and on the other hand, backward states are lack in governance due to nature the corruption laden politics exist in that states. This study sums up with the significance of grassroots democracy and its role in the development of rural India and at the same time to highlights the hurdle in the governance ecosystem of local governments in rural India.

Effectiveness of family-centered program for enhancing competencies of responsive parenting among caregivers for early childhood development in rural India

BackgroundResponsive parenting constitutes an essential part of the context in which children live and has shown a positive effect on child development in the early years of life. AimsThis study aimed to assess the effectiveness of family parenting programs for enhancing competencies of responsive parenting among caregivers. Study designCluster-RCT in 50 Anganwadi center areas. Twenty-five intervention clusters received responsive parenting intervention. Anganwadi workers delivered sessions after support and training. SubjectsWe enrolled 530 mother-child dyads; 264 (49.9 %) from the intervention arm and 266 (50.1 %) from the control arm. Outcome measuresWe assessed caregivers' knowledge and skills about child development using a parenting quiz. We evaluated the effect of an intervention on the home environment, mother-child interaction, and development outcomes at the endpoint. ResultsWe conducted 200 parenting sessions in 25 intervention clusters. Caregivers attended, on average, five sessions out of the nine scheduled. Caregivers with improved knowledge and skills about nutrition, shelter & care, play & stimulation for responsive parenting were significantly more in the intervention than in the control arm (p < 0.05). Mean difference in scores of home environment (1.24; SE-0.75 & ICC-0.088) and mother to child interaction (2.36; SE-0.87 & ICC-0.023) motor development (1.71; SE-0.61 & ICC-0.002), language development (2.97; SE-0.85 & ICC-0.002) and socioemotional development (1.45; SE-0.56 & ICC-0.066) between intervention and control arm was statistically significant (p < 0.05). ConclusionsA locally adapted, family parenting curriculum was a practical approach for enhancing parents' competencies and confidence to promote early child development.

Development and implementation of health promoting village model among residents of village of Punjab (India)

Introduction: India is the largest democratic nation in the world, where 68.84% of population resides in the rural areas. There are many flagship programs for the rural development in India: National Rural Health Mission, The National Rural Livelihood Mission, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. A full-fledged comprehensive rural development model based on healthy setting concept is not existing as per the literature review in our country. Objectives: This cluster randomized control trial will evaluate the effectiveness of health promoting village model on health outcome of residents of villages of Boothgarh, Punjab. Methods: The health promoting village model will be based on the principles of multisectoral participation, use of technology, capacity building, and community empowerment with following components: Personal, social, human, and economic development. Model will be delivered through health brigade by training sessions, nukkad nataks, demonstrations, and awareness campaigns. The control group will receive the usual care by the health center. Results: The primary outcome of the study will be change in intake of fruits, vegetables and fat, metabolic equivalent minutes per week, change in personal hygiene practices, change in literacy, reproductive and child health, family planning practices, change in Nirmal gram score, Villagez Swacchta Index, skill-based jobs and enrolment under social security. Baseline and endline (1 year after intervention) assessments will be done using the standardized tools. Cost of the implemented model will also be identified. Conclusion: Effectiveness of the health promoting village model will be identified after 1 year of implementation.

Does the Co-operatives Helps the Rural Development in India?

In India, the co-operative movement has played an important role in meeting the developmental needs of the rural poor. Co-operatives are the organisation that help the individuals harness the power of collective bargaining in order to protect the financial interests of the impoverished and underrepresented in society. In India co-operative credit structure is three-tiered, with State Cooperative Banks (SCB) at the top of the each state, Central Co-operative Banks in the middle or central level, and Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) at the bottom level. Each of these institutions focuses on the development of their area of operation and performs distinct purpose for the purpose of the upliftment of the members of co-operatives. The present study discuss the role of co-operative societies in the rural development of our country. Keyword : Co-operation, Rural Development, PACSs

Geospatial characterization of rural settlements and potential targets for revitalization by geoinformation technology

To better implement the Strategy of Rural Revitalization, it is essential to characterize the rural settlements and understand their roles in the socio-environmental interactive system. This paper is hence aimed at achieving such a study using different spatial analysis such as kernel density and spatial autocorrelation (SA) and modeling approaches, e.g., simple and multiple linear regression analyses taking Jiangxi, a province in China as an example. Remote sensing, topographic and socioeconomic data were employed for this purpose. Through these analyses, it is found that the rural settlements in the study area appear to have a spatial distribution pattern of “dense north and sparse south” as an “F” type, and are quantitatively characterized as low elevations, flat terrain, high river and road densities, rich cultivated land resources and susceptible to the impact of urban radiation with a R2 of 0.520–0.748. Based on this understanding, a new inequality evaluation indicator of rural development, i.e., socio-environmental evaluation index (SEI), was developed. Areas with SEI lower than 0.40 should be given a priority to implement the revitalization strategy in the province. This index can also be extended to study of the imbalance of rural development in other regions and countries.

Active Participation and Provision of Reservation for SC/ ST/ Women in Panchayath Raj Institutions

The panchayats are expected to play an important role in rural development in India, particularly after independence. They were empowering the rural population to participate in rural development programs for improving their quality of life. The study was conducted in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, where a total of 100 rural respondents were selected through simple random sampling technique. The objective of the study is to know the socio-economic status of the respondents, involvement of respondents in party politics and reservation status of SC&amp;STs in panchayat raj institutions. Results indicated that half (50%) of the respondents have belonged to the age group of 18-25 years, illiterates (68%), males (56%) and nuclear family type (67%). The majority (72%) of the respondents possessed 1-3 acres of land, 49 per cent of the respondent's occupations were agriculture and (71%) monthly income was from 1rs to 25,000 rs. Most (88%) of the respondents were not involved in party politics. While 60 per cent of the respondents accepted, to some extent, the provision of reservations for SC/ST/Women. The result of the study concluded that the majority of the women were not interested in participating in party politics and also any rural development activity because of the patriarchal society.

A study on Financial Inclusion for Rural Development in India with reference to Tourism Sectors

Financial inclusion has been recognized as being a critical means of poverty reduction amongst underprivileged persons living in rural India and a way of providing them with inexpensive and ready access to financial services as well. However, despite a plethora of financial inclusion schemes, the fact is that large numbers of people in rural areas are not benefited by them. The aim of this research was to examine the causes of the failure of financial inclusion schemes in India and to identify what needs to be done to give impetus to financial inclusion initiatives in the country. 100 rural folks were interviewed and the primary data was analysed. It was found that apathetic implementation of schemes, lack of awareness, disbursed funds being used for non – developmental / personal purposes and a lack of adequate distribution of banking facilities are the main reasons for limited success of financial inclusion schemes. The respondents indicated that there is an urgent need to diversify financial product offerings to beyond the current loan-based schemes. Similarly, the distribution networks and the modes of disbursement of financial inclusion schemes need to be urgently broadened. Technology plays a vital role in facilitating financial inclusion and the respondents have indicated several ways in which this may be done. Promoting financial literacy and ensuring safety and security of technology based financial instruments are other ways of facilitating financial inclusion. Perhaps the biggest stimulator of financial inclusion is the promotion of rural tourism as this provides the village people with a continuous and stable source of income in addition to agriculture. Finally, it may be noted that financial inclusion is not just providing village people with a wide range of financial services but providing them with the understanding of what these services are, how these products may be leveraged, with guidance and counselling on money management and awareness of the existence of these schemes and facilities as well.

Identification of Suitable Rural Development Indicators

The objective of this paper is to identify suitable rural development indicators which are easy to compile and analyze. These indicators can also be presented at the village level depicting their current status of rural development. With increasing emphasis on local governance, Gram Panchayats will be playing a key role in the rural development process. These indicators will help the elected representatives and Panchayat officials to track their progress as well as compare the outcome of their efforts with that of other Gram Panchayats in the area of rural development. The suggested indicators have been grouped in seven broad headings such as basic data, social indicators, economic indicators, educational indicators, wellness and health indicators, access to public amenities, and natural environment indicators. These indicators will greatly help Gram Panchayats, planners, policymakers to learn and improve upon shortcomings and replicate successes achieved in rural development.

Rural Development In India: Some Issues

Rural Development In India: Some Issues

Evaluating behavioural changes for climate adaptation planning

Most climate adaptation plans expect stakeholders to change their behavior as part of building resilience. Given its long-term and complex nature, monitoring and evaluation is a key requisite for climate adaptation planning. So far, behavioral aspects have received only limited attention in the evaluation approaches for climate adaptation planning. This article proposes a theory-based evaluation approach based on the theory of planned behavior, for the evaluation of climate adaptation. A local climate adaptation programme for watershed development in rural India provides an illustrative case for this approach. For this case, the approach helped to uncover important factors that influence behavioral intentions, which were different for different groups in the farming community. Additionally, it helped to put behavioral change in a longer-term perspective. The illustrative case also suggests certain improvements for evaluations based on the theory of planned behavior.

Techno-economic assessment of microgrid in rural India considering incremental load growth over years

&lt;abstract&gt; &lt;p&gt;India, being a developing country with a fast-growing economy, experiences ever increasing electrical energy demand. Industrial and economic development in rural India is impeded by inadequate, erratic and unreliable grid supply. This has resulted in underperformance of small-scale manufacturing and service industries. Dependency on fossil fuel-based sources as an alternative increases the operation costs and carbon emissions. Migration to cleaner energy ensures sustainable solution and addresses the issues of depleting fossil fuels, global warming and environmental hazards. In this regard, hybrid renewable energy systems have gained wide acceptance as optimum solution. Hence, authors have optimally designed hybrid energy system for power deprived rural Indian villages. Authors have heeded to the vital element of incremental load growth over years while designing the microgrid to sustain the increasing load demand of emerging economy of developing country. HOMER Pro Software is utilized to accomplish system size optimization and authors have gained comprehensive insights into techno-financial feasibility for different dispatch strategies of the proposed energy system. The levelized cost of electricity of the optimal off-grid system catering to multiyear incremental load growth is 0.14$/kWh indicating that proposed system is promising in terms of commercial efficacy. The study performs a detailed analysis of the results obtained during different phases of the project to ensure robustness and supply continuity of the proposed system. The paper also includes comparison of the carbon footprint in the proposed system with that of existing system.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/abstract&gt;

Spiritual Culture and Sustainable Development in Rural India

Abstract Spirituality is the essence of Indian culture in general and rural India in particular. India’s culture is mainly recognised as spiritual culture. Most of the elements of Indian culture are intangible by nature and has a spiritual dimension. In the 21st century, in the age of globalisation where western culture that is materialistic by nature is dominating, rural India is still carrying the rich tradition of spiritual culture that is close to the nature and goes in the line with sustainability of environment. This paper seeks to investigate how spiritual culture can show the way to sustainable development and also solve the problems emersed from environmental degradation. The paper is based on the review of related literatures, interviews with different stakeholders and personal observation of Indian rural life. It is revealed that many spiritual activities practices in India is close to the nature and promote sustainable development. However, the process of globalisation that emphasize materialism is getting prevalence in urban India. Rural India is still very much living with sustainability and spiritual culture. So, there is need to encourage spiritual culture that can be proved much beneficial for sustainable development. Key Words: Spiritual, rural, development, sustainability.

Role of ICT in rural development in India: A study on Panchayati raj institutions in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh

Role of ICT in rural development in India: A study on Panchayati raj institutions in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh

Establishing baseline agriculture performance and rural development indicators in Cagayan Province

Establishing baseline agriculture performance and rural development indicators in Cagayan Province