Rural development and Panchayat Raj in India

The main objective of rural development is to remove poverty and fill the widened gap between the urban and rural people in terms of basic facilities. The government has been trying to uplift rural communities in terms of political and socio-economic conditions and says: said, ‘Rural poverty alleviation has been the primary concern in the economic planning and development process of the country … rural development embraces the entire improvement in the overall quality of life in the rural areas can be achieved through eradication of poverty in rural areas. Keeping this view in mind the government has been introduced various development schemes, especially the development of agriculture in rural areas. In order to get the fruitful result from these programmes the PRIs were made active and occupied the most prominent place promotion of real democracy. This research paper will contextualize rural development and the steps taken by government of India for rural development and the role of PRIs in rural development.