HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

PLANNING
Q. 1 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY " RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME"?

To improve the conditions of rural people, Government of India

launched some schemes through the planning commission of India
such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA), Rastriya Sama Vikas Yojana (RSVY), Indira Awas Yojana
(IAY), Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), Integrated Tribal .

Rural Development is the process of improving the quality of life and

economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively
isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural Development has
traditionally centered on the exploitation of land-intensive natural
resources such as agriculture and forestry.

Rural development is important not only for the majority of the

population residing in a rural area but the growth of rural activities is
necessary to stimulate the speed of overall economic expansion of
the nation.

Q. 2 HAVE YOU EVER COME ACROSS ANY RURAL

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN YOUR REGION / NATION?

NO
Q.3 NAME ANY TWO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN
INDIA ?

• Mission Antyodaya.
• National Social Assistance Programme.
• Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana.

Q.4. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 1. PLAN, 2. PROGRAMME,

3. POLICY?

plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and
resources, used to achieve an objective to do something. It is
commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through
which one expects to achieve a goal. Informal or ad hoc plans are
created by individuals in all of their pursuits

Programme is measures taken to achieve end goal

Policy is mandatory steps to be taken to achieve end goal

Policies can be guidelines, rules, regulations, laws, principles, or
directions. Agencies and organizations make policies that guide the
way they operate. Stores have return policies.

Q.5. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMMES?
The basic objectives of Rural Development Programmes have been
alleviation of poverty and unemployment through creation of basic
social and economic infrastructure, provision of training to rural
unemployed youth and providing employment to marginal
Farmers/Labourers to discourage seasonal and permanent migration
to urban areas.

Q.6 WRITE ABOUT PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

_ PMGSY. IDENTIFY ANY TWO RURAL AREAS WHICH GOT
BETTER CONNECTED THROUGH THIS RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SCHEME?

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), was launched by

the Govt. of India to provide connectivity to unconnected
Habitations as part of a poverty reduction strategy. Govt. of India is
endeavoring to set high and uniform technical and management
standards and facilitating policy development and planning at State
level in order to ensure sustainable management of the rural roads
network.

According to latest figures made available by the State Governments

under a survey to identify Core Network as part of the PMGSY
programme, about 1.67 lakh Unconnected Habitations are eligible
for coverage under the programme. This involves construction of
about 3.71 lakh km. of roads for New Connectivity and 3.68 lakh km.
under upgradation.

Villages developed

Khurul, Basuda
Baghachra, Hijuli, Saguna
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