Government Sponsored Rural Development Programmes in India

The headline rural development programmes in India are:

1. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) – Wage employment
2. Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) – Rural self employment
3. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) – Social security for the poor
4. Bharat Nirmaan – Rural infrastructure such as drinking water, electricity, housing, irrigation and road
5. Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) – Skill building
6. Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) – Rural roads

Tracing the evolution these programmes is an interesting study of the emerging development paradigm in India.