Rural Development Administration and Planning (AHT-015) UTU

About Course

Course Objectives

This course enables the students to:

1. 1. Gain knowledge on the concepts related to administration, its importance and various
      approaches of Development Administration.
   2. Gain skills on New Public Management, Public Grievances and Redressal
      Mechanisms, Accountability and Transparency in Administration and e-governance in
      the rural development sector.
   3. Develop their competency on the role of Bureaucracy in Rural Development.

Course Outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

1. 1. Students can understand the definitions, concepts and components of Rural
      Development.
   2. Students will know the importance, structure, significance, resources of Indian rural
      economy.
   3. Students will have a clear idea about the area development programmes and its
      impact.
   4. Students will be able to acquire knowledge about rural entrepreneurship.
   5. Students will be able to understand the use of different methods for human
      resource planning.

Course Contents

UNIT-I: Rural Planning & Development:

Concepts of Rural Development, Basic Elements of Rural Development, and Importance of Rural Development for Creation of Sustainable Livelihoods, An Overview of Policies and Programmes for Rural Development- Programmes in the agricultural sector, Programmes in the Social Security, Programmes in the area of Social Sector.

UNIT-II: Rural Development Program:

Sriniketan experiment, Gurgaon experiment, Marthandam experiment, Baroda experiment, Firkha development scheme, Etawapilot project, Nilokheri experiment, approaches to rural community development: Tagore, Gandhi etc.

UNIT-III: Panchayati Raj & Rural Administration:

Administrative Structure: bureaucracy, structure of administration; Panchayati Raj Institutions Emergence and Growth of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India; People and Panchayati Raj; Financial Organizations in Panchayati Raj Institutions, Structure of rural finance, Government & Non-Government Organizations / Community-Based Organizations, Concept of Self Help Group.

UNIT-IV: Human Resource Development in Rural Sector:

Need for Human Resource Development, Elements of Human Resource Development in Rural Sector Dimensions of HRD for rural development-Health, Education, Energy, Skill Development, Training, Nutritional Status access to basic amenities – Population composition.

UNIT-V: Rural Industrialization and Entrepreneurship: 

Concept of Rural Industrialization, Gandhian approach to Rural Industrialization, Appropriate Technology for Rural Industries, Entrepreneurship and Rural Industrialization- Problems and diagnosis of Rural Entrepreneurship in India, with special reference to Women Entrepreneurship; Development of Small Entrepreneurs in India, need for and scope of entrepreneurship in Rural area.