*Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur, India
**Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
***Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur, India
Online published on 16 January, 2014.
The article tries to explain the social, economic and political significance of rural development in India, strategies for rural development, various achievements and shortcomings of rural development.
Rural Development, Strategies