RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Paper Code: 
MRD 224
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

Objectives: To study various facets and levels of planning for rural development

12.00
Unit I: 
Planning for Rural Development

• Objectives
• Need for Planning
• Theories and Techniques of Planning: Rural Development Planning
- Growth Centre Approach
- Area Development approach
- Integrated Rural Development Approach
• Development Programmes and Projects
• Notion of Resources
• Rural development planning in India- A Brief Retrospective

12.00
Unit II: 
Planning Process

• Objectives
• Processes of planning : Perspective Planning, Five year Plans, Annual Plans, Budget, Mid –Term Appraisal
• Plan Schemes
• Machinery for Planning at National Level : Planning Commission, National Development Council, Planning Units of Central Ministries
• Machinery for Planning at State Level : State Planning Department, Department of Economics and Statistics, Manpower and Evaluation, District Planning Agencies

12.00
Unit III: 
Multi Level Planning

• Decentralized and Multi Level Planning
• Multi Level Structure of Planning

12.00
Unit IV: 
District Planning

• District Planning in a Decentralized Planning System
• Components of District Planning
• Process of District Planning
• Perspective of District Planning
• Annual District Plan

12.00
Unit V: 
Grass Roots Level Planning

• Block District Planning : Meaning, and Scope, Progress in Block Planning, Block Planning for Area Development, Planning Processes at the Block Level
• Village Level Planning : Meaning and Scope, The Panchayati Raj System and Grass Roots Level Planning, Two Tier System – Tribal Plan, Processes involved in Grass Roots Level Planning

Essential Readings: 

• Chakravarty, Sukhamoy (1987), Development Planning: The Indian Experience, Claredon Press, Oxford.
• Ghatak, Subrata (1986), An Introduction to Development Economics, Allen and Unwin, London.
• Misra, S.N. (1984), Rural Development Planning-Design and Method, Satvahan Publication, New Delhi.
• Todaro, Michel P.,(1985), Economic Development in the Third World, Orient Longman, New Delhi.
• Desai, Vasant(1988), Rural Development Programmes and Strategies, Voll. II, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay.
• Desai, Vasant(1988), Rural Development, Organization and Management, Voll. II, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay.
• Sharma, A.N. (1981), Spatial Approach for District Planning, Concept, New Delhi.

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