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Course Outcomes

 

CO 1   Understand the socio-economic structure of rural India within the lens of social work methods.

CO 2   Understand the prospects and problems of rural development in India

CO 3   Understand local self-administration of rural development and development agencies        working for rural development

CO 4   Gain knowledge about experiments in rural community development

CO 5   Develop sensitivity to the needs and rights of the rural people and analytical skills and commitment to work with them

CO 6   Critically analyze and evaluate rural community development program and policies

CO 7   Demonstrate critical ability to analyze and assess complex phenomena and issues in the field of rural development and rural livelihoods

CO 8   Design rural development programmes and projects

Module  1

Meaning, definition and characteristics of the rural community, types of villages. Rural CommModule y Development- definition, concept, philosophy, objectives, principles, strategies and scope, integrated rural development, gender and rural development.Rural problems- Rural Poverty and unemployment, water and sanitation, problems of agricultural farmers and workers, discrimination, social exclusion and food security issues in rural India.Livelihood intervention India, sustainable rural livelihood.Application of social work methods in rural development.          

                                                                                                                                        5 hours

 

Module  2                                                                                                      

Rural Development programmes in India: concept, History and ideology. Rural Services and Development Programmes in contemporary India, NREGA, NRLM, NRHM, PMRY, Area Development programmes, Rural Housing, Sanitation and water supply programmes, rural health care and family welfare services. Administrative structure of community developments departments in India and Kerala:  analysis from Gender, caste and class and environmental perspectives. Rural social development: Rural children, Rural women:-Education, training, health and nutrition. Early experiments of rural development: Sri Niketan, Marthandom, Gurgaon, Firka Development, Nilokheri and Etawah Pilot project. Gandhian and Tagore’s approaches to rural development                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

                                                      8 hours

Module 3                                                                                                       

Movements & Struggles: agrarians, peasant, neo-social; party and non-party politics. Reform movements and rural Development. Land legislation, Land reforms and rural development. Changes in land tenure system. Migration: nature, pattern and its impact on rural development, displacement and rural development, CSR and its role in rural community  development, Science and Technology for rural development, technology missions, and National extension services – Krishi Vigyan Kendra, State and national Institute of Rural Development -Training for community development personnel, KILA KUDUMBASREE, Peoples Planning and participation ,Jalanidhi, AHADS.                                                                                                                                                                                                        8 hours

Module 4                                                                                                                   

Rural Governance: Meaning, structure: organizational and administrational- village, block, state and national. Panchayati Raj in Kerala- Power and functions, Panchayati Raj Institution, elected and appointed functionaries. E- Governance in rural development, democratic decentralization and devolution of powers, Decentralization and globalization, Panchayath raj systems: historical perspectives, Balwant Rai Mehta committee report, Ashok Mehta Committee Report, 73^{rd and} 74^th amendment of constitution, functions of Panchayati raj systems, Grama Sabhas and social audit,  five year plans, rural development policies, national policy on agriculture, forest policy. MDG and Rural development in India

      5hours

Module 5                                                                                                       

Rural co-operatives: types, structure and functions. Concept , scope and limitations of the co-operative movement,  Co-operative movement and rural development, History of cooperative movement in Kerala, credit cooperatives, co-operatives in marketing, credit needs of the rural poor-  NABARD, NIRD, RRB and other nationalized Banks, micro credits, microfinance and micro enterprises, Self-help groups- concept, formation and maintenance   

    4 Hours

Essential Readings:

1.      Atal, Y. (2018). Indian Village Revisited. Jaipur: Rawat Publication.

2.      B .B.Mohanty. (2016). Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition: India in the Global Debate. New York: Routledge.

3.      Bock, B. B., & Shortall, S. (2017). Gender and Rural Globalization- International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. USA: CAB International

4.      Chakrabarty, B., & Pandey, R. K. (2019). Local Governance in India. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

5.      Green, G. P. (2013). Handbook of Rural Development. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

6.      Singha, K. (2010). Rural Development in India: Retrospect and Prospects . New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company Pvt Limited.

  Reading List:

1.      B.K.Nagla. (2013). Indian Sociological Thought. Jaipur: Rawat Publication.

2.      Baviskar, B. S., & Mathew, G. (2009). Inclusion and Exclusion in local Governance Field Studies from Rural India. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

3.      Bhattarai, M., Viswanathan, P. K., Mishra, R. N., & Bantilan, C. (2018). Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India Challenges and Opportunities. USA: Springer.

4.      Gupta, P., & Kumar, D. (2019). Rural Marketting: Challenges and Opportunities. New Delhi: Sage.

5.      Mohammed, I. (2011). Panchayati Raj System and Rural Development. New Delhi: D.P.S. Publishing house.

6.      Satyanarayana, G., & S., M. H. (2012). Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in India: Policies and Programmes. New Delhi: New Century Publications.

7.      Singha, K., & Patikar, G. (2010). Rural Development in North East India. Concept Publishing Company Pvt Limited: New Delhi.

8.      Sreedhar, G., & Rajasekhar, D. (2014). Rural Development in India: Strategies and Processes. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company Pvt Limited.