• Dr. R. Sankarakumar

Abstract: In India, almost 60 per cent of the people live in rural areas. Most of them are below poverty line. But, this situation must be overcome and it is the duty of every government. If this condition is not eliminated, the country will not be able to progress in future. For this reason, the government initiated various welfare programs to develop the rural regions. This article is going to discuss about the various rural development programmes in India. These programmes are classified to two major parts and they are as follows: (1) Pre-Independence Period rural development programmes and (2) Post-Independence Period rural developments. This information collected on the basis secondary data.

Index Terms: Integrated Rural Development Programme, Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarjohar Yojana, Community Development Programme.

"PAST AND PRESENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.927-929, May-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805895.pdf

"PAST AND PRESENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp927-929, May-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805895.pdf