Rural Development & Policies

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The prime goal of rural development is to improve the quality of life of the rural people by alleviating poverty through the instrument of self-employment and wage employment programmes, by providing community infrastructure facilities such as drinking water, electricity, road connectivity, health facilities, rural housing and education and promoting decentralization of powers to strengthen the Panchayat raj institutions. The Government’s policy and programmes have laid emphasis on poverty alleviation, generation of employment and income opportunities and provision of infrastructure and basic facilitiesto meet the needs of rural poor.

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Dr. B.D. Sharma (1958) has obtained M.A. (Eco.), B.Ed and Ph.D. Degrees from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University, Garhwal. Presently, working as Lecturer in Distt. Chamoli Garhwal and imparting education to the students. He has also contributed articles for the journals of repute. His prime motive is to impart education to the society and make them aware about how to find out new opportunities of employment and make them self dependent in life.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction to Rural Development Biodiesel policies Biodiesel policies in India Biodiesel production in India Women’s Empowerment in Rural India The land acquisition Act, 1894 The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 The National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 Index