• Mr. Amit Kumar

India, since independence has made a significant progress in rural development with an integrated approach towards improving the quality of life of the rural poor and by ensuring equity and effective people’s participation. The thrust of rural development programs has been to make a frontal attack on poverty through special employment generation programs, productive asset transfer through institutional credit and subsidy programs and programs of rural housing, drinking water and sanitation. Social security programs were designed for providing assistance to the destitute and poor families. The Government has undertaken various programs for development of wastelands, desert and drought prone areas and land reforms in the country. Assistance and encouragement to voluntary agencies and training of functionaries of rural development forms part of the emphasis on accelerated rural development. After the independence, community development assumed high priority. A pilot community development project was launched in 1948 through the Etawah Project. Later in 1952, the Government of India launched 55 Community Development Projects, each covering about 300 villages or a population of 30,000. These programs were multi-dimensional but the major emphasis was placed on agricultural production, as the areas selected for launching the project were located in irrigated areas or where the rainfall was assured. In 1953, the National Extension Service Project was launched with similar objectives to cover larger areas, including the dry regions. This project of three-year duration, demarcated the blocks of 150-300 villages as manageable units for initiating community development programs.

Rural Development, Indian Policies, Government.

"INDIAN AGRICULTURE POLICIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.824-831, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806923.pdf

"INDIAN AGRICULTURE POLICIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp824-831, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806923.pdf