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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (566) Last page : (570)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5462

Efficient Rural Development Strategies for the Improvement of Indian Economy

Maurya, A. S.* and Prerana Kaushal1
*Department of Agricultural Extension & Communication, SVPUA&T, Modipuram, Meerut, (U. P.) India
1Department of Home Science Extension, BHU, Varanasi, (U.P.)-251001
Panchsheel Kisan Sewa Kendra, Guraula Road, Subhash Nagar, Manikpur, Chitrakoot, (U. P.), India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: 483agabhilash@gmail.com
Received: 17.08.2017  |  Revised: 24.09.2017   |  Accepted: 30.09.2017  

 ABSTRACT

The people lives in rural areas are majorly depends on agriculture. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy.  It occupies a central and pivotal position, so far as economic and social life of our country is concerned.  No national prosperity can be conceived of without paying adequate attention to agrarian economy.  It is, therefore, in the fitness of things that in our national plans, priority is accorded to the growth of agrarian economy of the country. The major objective of rural development is to increase farm productivity, for achieving rapid economic transformation, increasing profits to farmers and to increase the household outputs of selected agricultural products. The present article majorly focused on the various rural development strategies in field of agriculture, starting from management of land, labour and natural resources to the effective harvesting, skill & Knowledge improvement, infrastructure development and effective marketing strategies to be followed.

Key words: Rural development, Agriculture products, Rural development strategies, Indian economy.

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Cite this article: Maurya, A.S. and Kaushal, P., Efficient Rural Development Strategies for the Improvement of Indian Economy, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(6): 566-570 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5462