Jan-Mar(2024)

Empowering Rural India: The Role of Agriculture and Government Programs

Tanesh Indwar

Research Scholar, Department of sociology, Annmalai University, TN-608002

Agriculture still constitutes a significant portion of life in India, where two-thirds of the population still lives in rural areas. Around half of all people in India are employed in agriculture and related industries. A prerequisite for India's rural development is hence the expansion of agriculture. As a result, we cannot raise the status of the rural population without putting an emphasis on agriculture. As a result of the interdependence between agriculture and rural development, the government needs to place more of an emphasis on this industry. In this essay, we looked at the many programmes for rural development implemented in India. The study used secondary data that was collected from a various of government websites and annual reports. The research underscores the significant contributions that Mission Antyodaya MANREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), PMAY-G (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin), and DDU-GKY have made to India's rural development (Deen Dayal Upadhya Gramin=-Kushlya Yojana). According to the A convergence and accountability structure is being developed as part of the mission antodaya programme to ensure the best possible use and management of the resources allocated by various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India for the various rural development programmes, MANREGA programme, 14.95 Crore of rural inhabitants now have access to employment opportunities, and the PMAY-G programme has allowed 2,85,08,487of the 2,94,08,487 people who were supposed to receive pucca dwellings with basic facilities to do so. 13,29,885 individuals were trained as part of the DDU-GKY programme, and 8,10,154 of them were hired after completing their training.

Keywords: Mission Antyodaya, Rural development, Agriculture, MANREGA, PMAY-G, DDU-GKY.
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