Rural development is a comprehensive term. It essentially means a plan of action for the development of areas which are lagging behind in socio-economic development. The key issues in rural development are:
1. Human Capital Formation:
Investment should be made in education, health and technical skills development to make people more efficient and able to do work.
2. Development of production resources:
The rural people are mainly dependent on agriculture to earn their livelihood that usually suffers from low productivity, lack of infrastructure and disguised unemployment. Therefore, efforts must be made towards development of alternative occupation through available resources.
3. Land reforms:
Land reforms with technical reforms allow the farmers to use modem techniques and methods which increase the productivity and aggregate volume of farm output. Land reforms also lead to efficient and optimum use of land enabling large scale production.
4. Development of infrastructure:
Infrastructure is the basic level for all kind development such as electricity, irrigation, bank, credit, transportation, development of markets, etc.,
5. Alleviation of poverty:
Special measures should be taken to tackle poverty and bringing about significant sections of the people emphasing access to productive employment opportunities
