RURAL

DEVELOPMENT
RURAL
AREA

Where the people are engaged in primary

industry in the sense that they produce
things directly for the first time in
cooperation with nature.
Rural areas are separately settled places away
from the influence of large cities and towns.
Such areas are distinct from more intensively
settled urban and sub-urban areas, and also
from unsettled lands or wilderness, such as
forest.
Rural areas can have an agricultural character,
though many rural areas are characterized by an
economy based on cottage industry, mining, oil
and gas exploration, or tourism.
RURAL
COMMUNITY
A group of people with a common characteristic
or interest living together, in a village.

A Rural Community can be classified as rural

based on the criteria of lower population density,
less social differentiation, less social and spatial
mobility, slow rate of social change, etc.
Agriculture is the major occupation of rural
people.
 MAIN FEATURES OF RURAL COMMUNITY

Village is an institution-
The Village is a primary institution. The development of
villages is influenced considerably by the life of the village.
It satisfies almost all the needs of the rural.
Community-
They have a sense of unity and a feeling of
belongingness towards each other.
Religion-
Faith in religion and universal power is found in the life of the
villages.
Agriculture-
Main occupation is agriculture which involves dependence on
nature. Nature gives the livelihood to them. Farmers
worship forces of nature.
 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

• The term rural development is becoming a buzz word all over the
world. As most of the people on earth live in rural areas,
development in true sense cannot be expected without
addressing the basic necessities of this huge population. In the
era of modern science and technology, large amount of
population in rural areas are still deprived of adequate nutrition,
good education, proper communication, and social justice.
 Rural areas are
large and isolated
areas of an open
country with low
population
density.
 Rural Development
is the process of
improving the social,
economic, and
cultural conditions of
a village or small
town.
 Infrastructure

Public Service
To Build Communication

Education

Health

Living condition To improve

Employment

To Farm & storage

generat Economical activities
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LIFE OF RURAL
PEOPLE
Lifestyles in rural areas are different than
those in urban areas, mainly because limited
services are available.
Governmental services like law
enforcement, schools, fire departments, and
libraries may be distant, limited in scope,
or unavailable.
Utilities like water, sewer, street lighting,
and garbage collection may not be present.
Public transport is sometimes absent or
very limited, people use their own vehicles,
walk or ride an animal.
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
Rural development is a strategy designed to
improve the economic and social life of rural
poor.
It is a process, which aims at improving the
well being and self realization of people living
outside the urbanized areas through collective
process.
Rural Development is all about bringing
change among rural community from the
traditional way of living to progressive
way of living. It is also expressed as a
movement for progress.
 The United Nations defines Rural
Development as:

“Rural Development is a process of change,

by which the efforts of the people
themselves are united, those of government
authorities to improve their economic, social
and cultural conditions of communities in to
the life of the nation and to enable them to
contribute fully to national programme.”
DEV. IN RURAL AREA CAN BRING

INFA-
STRUCTURE

TECHNO
ECONOMY
LOGY

EDUCATION HEALTH
 OBJECTIVES OF RURAL DEV.

1.To develop farm, home, public service and

village community.
2. To bring improvement in producing of
crops
and animals living condition.
3.To improve health and education condition etc.
improvement of the rural people.
4. To improve villagers with their own efforts.
5. To improve village communication.
 Main
Objectives
To
build
Infrastructure Public Service Communication

To
improve
Health Education Living
condition

To generate
Economical
Employment Farm & storage
activities
PROBLEMS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

1. People related
2. Agricultural related problems
3. Infrastructure related problems
4. Economic problems
5. Social and Cultural problems
6. Leadership related problems
7. Administrative problems
PEOPLE RELATED
PROBLEMS
1. Traditional way of thinking.
2. Poor understanding.
3.Low level of education to understand
developmental efforts and new technology.
4. Deprived psychology and scientific
orientation.
5. Lack of confidence.
6. Poor awareness.
7. Low level of education.
8. Existence of unfelt needs.
9. Personal ego.
AGRICULTURE RELATED
PROB.
1. Lack of expected awareness, knowledge, skill
and attitude.
2. Unavailability of inputs.
3. Poor marketing facility.
4. Insufficient extension staff and services.
5. Multidimensional tasks to extension personnel.
6. Small size of land holding.
7. Division of land.
8. Unwillingness to work and stay in rural areas.
INFASTRUCTRAL RELATED
PROB.

Poor infrastructure facilities like-:

1. Water
2. Electricity
3. Transport
4. Educational institutions
5. Communication
6. Health
7. Employment
8. Storage facility etc.
ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS

1. Unfavourable economic condition to

adopt high cost technology.
2. High cost of inputs.
3. Under privileged
rural industries
LEADERSHIP RELATED
PROBLEM

1. Leadership among the hands

of inactive and incompetent people.
2. Self interest of leaders.
3. Biased political will
 ADMINISTRATIVE
PROBLEMS
1. Political interference.
2. Lack of motivation and interest.
3. Unwillingness to work in villages.
4. Improper utilization of budget.
5. No proper monitoring of program and lack in their implementation.

s.
SCOPE & IMPORTANCE OF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Importance of Rural Development

Rural development is a dynamic process,

which is mainly concerned with the rural areas.
These include-
Agricultural growth, putting up of economic and
social infrastructure, fair wages as also
housing and house sites for the landless,
village planning, public health, education and
functional literacy, communication etc.
Rural development is a national necessity and
has considerable importance in India
Rural development is needed because-

1.To develop rural area as whole in terms of culture,

society, economy, technology and health.
2. To develop living slandered of rural mass.
3. To develop rural youths, children and women.
4.To develop and empower human resource of rural
area in terms of their psychology, skill, knowledge,
attitude and other abilities.
5.To solve the problems faced by the rural mass for
their development.
6. To develop infrastructure facility of rural area.
7.To provide minimum facility to rural mass in
terms of drinking water, education, transport,
electricity and communication.
8.To develop rural institutions like Panchayat,
cooperatives, post, banking and credit.
9.To develop rural industries through the
development of handicrafts, small scaled industries,
village industries, rural crafts, cottage industries and
other related economic operations in the rural sector.
10. To develop agriculture, animal husbandry and
other agricultural related areas.
11.To restore uncultivated land, provide irrigation
facilities and motivate farmers to adopt improved
seed, fertilizers, package of practices of crop
cultivation and soil conservation methods.
12.To develop entertainment and recreational
facility for rural mass.
13. To develop leadership quality of rural
area.
14. To improve rural marketing facility.
15. To minimise gap between the urban and
rural in
terms of facilities availed.
16.To improve rural people’s participation in the
development of state and nation as whole.
17.To improve scopes of employment for rural
mass.
18.For the sustainable development of rural
area.
19. To eliminate rural poverty.
20. To empower them.
TOPIC
DISCUSSED
1. RURAL AREA
2. RURAL COMMUNITY & ITS MAIN FEATURES
3. LIFE OF RURAL PEOPLE
4. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
5. OBJECTIVES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
6. VARIOUS PROBLESMS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(PEOPLE, AGRICULTURE, INFASTRUCTURE,
ECONOMIC, LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION
RELATED PROBLEMS).
7. SCOPE & IMPORTANCE OF RURAL
DEVELOPMENT.