Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Haryana College of Technology & Management, Kaithal, India
Online published on 4 September, 2013.
Rural development aims at improving rural people's livelihoods in an equitable and sustainable manner, both socially and environmentally, through better access to assets (natural, physical, human, technological and social capital), and services, and control over productive capital (in its financial or economic and political forms) that enable them to improve their livelihoods on a sustainable and equitable basis