UNIT III - Community Development Programme (CDP) - objectives, principles, coverage, activities, organization, methods and techniques of CDP- Evaluation of CDP. -Development programmes and Panchayati Raj.
UNIT IV - Agriculture and Rural development - share of agriculture in the national income - agriculture as a source of livelihood and employment - agriculture as a source of raw materials, capital for development, manpower, Agriculture Development Programmes: objective, target group, strategies and evaluation of Intensive Agriculture Development Programme. (IADP), Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IAAP) and High Yield Variety Programme (Green revolution).
UNIT V - Area specific Rural Development Programmes: Regional disparities - meaning, causes and consequences. Meaning and need for regional planning - objectives, activities, target groups and evaluation of Drought Prone Area Programme, Hill Area Development Programme, Tribal Area Development Programme, Command Area Development Programme, Integrated Wasteland Development Programme.
UNIT VI - Alleviation of rural poverty: Meaning, concept, measurement of poverty, causes and consequences. Poverty eradication programmes: objectives, activities and target group, evaluation of Integrated Rural Development Programme, Swarna Jayanthi Grama Swarajgar Yojana, Employment Assurance Scheme.
UNIT VII - Social Welfare schemes for rural uplift: Concept of social welfare, Objectives, scope, activities, performance of Antyodaya programme- Annapoorana scheme - Intensive Child Development Scheme (ICDS), schemes for rural housing, water supply and sanitation.
UNIT VIII - Cooperatives and rural development - meaning and principles of cooperation. Objectives, functions, structure and performance of rural credit and non-credit cooperatives.
UNIT IX - Community Organisation: Concept - meaning - basic assumptions - principles of community organizations. Self Help Group(SHG) as a community organization - structure and functions of SHG - performance of SHG in Tamil Nadu.
UNIT X - Administration of rural development in India - administrative structure for rural development in Tamil Nadu - District Rural Development Agency(DRDA): Structure and functions; Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRI): Structure and functions; Non Governmental Organisation (NGO): Meaning and functions.
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