RURAL DEVELOPMENT - NCERT

99 RURAL DEVELOPMENT After studying this chapter, the learners will understand RURAL DEVELOPMENT and the major issues associated with it appreciate how crucial the DEVELOPMENT of RURAL areas is for India s overalldevelopment understand the critical role of credit and marketing systems in ruraldevelopment learn about the importance of diversification of productive activities tosustain livelihoods understand the significance of organic farming in ECONOMIC INTRODUCTIONIn Chapter 4, we studied how povertywas a major challenge facing India. Wealso came to know that the majorityof the poor live in RURAL areas wherethey do not have access to the basicnecessities of is the major source oflivelihood in the RURAL sector. MahatmaGandhi once said that the real progressof India did not mean simply the growthand expansion of industrial urbancentres but mainly the DEVELOPMENT ofthe villages.

In your locality/neighbourhood, you might notice self-help groups providing credit. Attend few meetings of such self-help groups. Write a report on the profile of a self-help group. The profile may include — when it was started, the number of members, amount of savings and type of credit they provide and how borrowers use the loan.

Loading..

Tags:

  Development, Help, Group, Self, Rural development, Rural, Help groups

Information

Related search queries