Drought and DevelopmentPoverty can be defined as the inability to attain a minimum standard of living. The simplest method of determining poverty line is to agree upon a certain level of income or consumer expenditure as necessary to meet the minimum needs of life. Contents: Introduction, Review of Literature and Methodology, Integrated Rural Development Programme in India, Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Beneficiaries, Summary and Conclusion. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
SocioEconomic Characteristics of the Beneficiaries | 53 |
Summary and Conclusion | 70 |
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agencies agricultural labourers Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh animal husbandry scheme assets per household average incremental income banks beneficiary families beneficiary households block crores cross the poverty Delhi development in India DPAP DRDA drought prone area financial assistance Five Year Plan funds Government of India hectares household has increased impact of IRDP implementation of IRDP improve income per household infrastructural institutions Integrated Rural Development irrigation ISB scheme Jawahar Rozgar Yojana Karnataka Kurukshetra lakh mandays mandays of employment marginal farmers NABARD National Rural Employment number of beneficiaries parenthesis denote percentage performance of IRDP Plan period population post-loan period poverty alleviation poverty line pre-loan period primary data pucca rural areas Rural Artisans Rural Development Programme Rural Employment Programme rural poor rural poverty Rural Youth Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Scheme-wise sector sericulture scheme Seventh Plan Sixth Plan small farmers social Sri Krishnadevaraya University strategy subsidy Table utilisation village panchayats