Agricultural and Rural Development / K. Venkata Reddy.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. India: Land of rich culture with potential resources;
2. Social capital;

PART 2: RURAL DEVELOPMENT : THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

3. Socio-economics structure of rural India;
4. Rural development: Early approaches, experiment and programmes;
5. Rural development: Theoretical background;
6. Agriculture in economic development;

PART 3: RESOURCE IN PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT

7. Agricultural development during the planning era;
8. Nature resource management and livelihood;
9. Common property resources (CPRs);
10. Forest resource and join forest management and participatory rural appraisal;
11. Environment and climate change;
12. Ethics, environment and sustainable development;
13. Participatory watershed development for sustainable rural livelihood;
14. Women empowerment and micro finance;
15. Agricultural labour;
16. Small-scale and micro enterprises;
17. Rural banking and credit;
18. Rural marketing;
19. Appropriate technology for rural development;
20. Human resource development / human development index;

PART 4: SCHEMES IN DEVELOPMENT

21. Poverty alleviation and employment generation programmes;
22. Social securities schemes in India;
23. Rural housing;
24. Health care for all;
25. Educational for all;
26. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's pura mission for rural reconstruction;

PART 5: CONCERNS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT

27. Regional imbalances and social tensions;
28. Food security, agriculture and employment;
29. Rural distress and agrarian crisis;

PART 6: ERA OF NEW ECONOMY POLICY

30,. Policy of liberalization and its impaction development;
31 Special Economic Zone (SEZ);
32. Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR);
33. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS);
34. National commission of farmers;
36. Inclusive growth: Constraints : A wayout;
37. India to be develop nation;