• Parth Barodawala
• Jagruti Shah
• Gaurang Desai

India is on the path of rapid development nowadays rural development has assume global attention especially among the developing nation. The main focus of government is to development of villages because if we want to improve our nation, we shall have to improve the condition of our villages. The government has identified the basic amenities for the villages and fulfillment of these facilities in the villages, to enhance quality of life in villages. Economic development of India at greater extent depends on rural development and it help the economy to grow and sustain. In the rural areas agriculture is the main source of livelihood to the people. There is a direct relationship between agriculture production, income and the demand for industrial goods. Now the Government is more focusing on rural development by the different projects like MGNREGA, Mission Antyodaya, National Rurban Mission( NRuM), Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship, etc. under which NRuM is one of the project for the cluster village development. The objective of this research is to study the Rurban Growth of Surat city. The study is extended for knowing the present scenario of existing clusters and the problems faced by them. Also to analyze how the project like NRuM can be implemented for the cluster development of Rurban villages.

Cluster, NRuM, Rurban, Rurbanization, Surat, Sustainable Development, Villages.

"NRuM Approach Towards Cluster Village Development- A Case Study of Surat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.5-10, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006002.pdf

"NRuM Approach Towards Cluster Village Development- A Case Study of Surat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp5-10, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006002.pdf