Grāmīṇa vikāsa : siddhānta, nītiyām̐ evaṃ prabandha /: siddhānta, nītiyām̐ evaṃ prabandha. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Rural development.
• Further Information: Note: Kaṭāra Siṃha, Anila Śiśodiyā ; translator, Professor Yatindra Singh Sisodia.
• Authors: Singh, Katar, 1939-; Shishodia, Anil, 1962-
• Other Names: Sisodia, Yatindra Singh translator.
• Contents: Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; 1. INTRODUCTION / Concepts and Connotations of Rural Development; Basic Elements of Rural Development; Growth versus Development; Why Rural Development; Rising Expectations and Development; Development and Change; Human Beings as the Cause and Consequence of Development; Some Dilemmas in Development; 2. RURAL ECONOMY OF INDIA; Introduction; Size and Structure of the Rural Economy; The Role of the Agricultural sector; Major Problems of the Agricultural sector; The Role of the Non-agricultural Subsector; Challenges and Opportunities; 3. MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Measures of Level of Rural Development; Measures of Income Distribution; Measures of Development Simplified; Concepts and Measures of Rural Poverty; 4. SOME PARADIGMS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; The Modernisation Theory; The Dependency Theory of the Marxist School; Rosenstein-Rodan’s Theory of the “Big Push”; Leibenstein’s “Critical Minimum Effort Thesis”; Lewis’ Model of Economic Development; Gunnar Myrdal’s Thesis of “Spread and Backwash” Effects; The Human Capital Model of Development; The Gandhian Model of Rural Development; Development Theories from Other Social Sciences; 5. DETERMINANTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Changes in Output; Natural Resources; Human Resources; Capital; Technology; Organizational and Institutional Framework; Relation between Rural Development and Its Determinants; 6. RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; Introduction; freedom, Control, and Public Policy; Need for a Rural Development Policy; Goals of Rural Development Policy; Hierarchy of Policy Goals; Rural Development Policies in India; Globalization and Rural Development; 7. STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; The Concepts of Sustainability and Sustainable Development; Some Indicators of Non-sustainable Development; A Critical Review of India’s Strategies of Rural Development; Some Elements of a New Strategy for Sustainable Development; 8. POLICY INSTRUMENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; A Conceptual Framework; An Action System; Policy Instruments; 9. EQUITY-ORIENTED AND GROWTH-ORIENTED PROGRAMS; Introduction; Equity-oriented Programs; Growth-oriented Programs; 10. POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT ERADICATION PROGRAMS; Introduction; Current Poverty Scenario and Trends; Current Rural Employment Scenario and Trends; Poverty and Unemployment Alleviation Programs; 11. NATURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; Introduction; Natural Resources-based Programs; National Crop Insurance Program (NCIP); Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS); Infrastructure Development Programs; 12. PLANNING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Levels and Functions of Planning; Decentralization of Planning; Methodology of Micro-level Planning; Methodology of Block- and District-level Planning; Institutional Structure for Planning; 13. ORGANIZING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; A Detour to Organizational Models; The Search for a New Paradigm; Criteria for Designing an Appropriate Organization; Government Organizations; Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs); Cooperatives; Voluntary Agencies; Nongovernmental Organizations; Corporations and Rural Development; 14. FINANCING RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Domestic Institutional Sources; The Role of Non-institutional Agencies / Deficit Financing or Controlled Inflation; Deficit Financing or Controlled Inflation; Foreign Sources of Funds; 15. IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION; Introduction; Project Implementation; Project Control; Integration and Coordination; People’s Participation in Implementation; Project Monitoring; Project Evaluation; Knowledge Management in Rural Development; Bibliography; Index;
• Edition: Caturtha saṃskaraṇa
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (394 pages)
• Subjects: 307.116; Rural development; Rural development -- India; Rural development; India
• Languages: Hindi
• ISBNs: 9789352806355; 9352806352
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