This book has made an attempt to highlight the important programmes and policies of rural development as well as its impact on rural India and has forwarded various strategies for rural development besides giving a critical analysis of important issues in rural development. The book contains twenty chapters contributed by educators and researchers from different

universities of India. This book covers various issues of rural development including consequences of Land reforms and Green revolution, Role of Micro finance and Cooperatives in rural development, Panchayatiraj System in India and its impact in the empowerment of the marginalized sections, Participatory Planning and Action for rural development, NREGAOpportunities

and Challenges, Approaches to Rural Development, Poverty Alleviation

Programmes, Role of NGOS in Rural Development, Global Economic Crisis and its Impact on Rural development, Politics of Rural Development, Social Work Responses towards Empowerment and Tribal Development in Rural India etc .