Rural development course

New agency to take over National Rural Development Programme
ACTmedia
The new Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR), created through the reorganization of the Agency for Payments for Rural Development and Fisheries (APDRP), is set to provide the institutional framework for the implementation of the National Rural …

Building a Better India -Part14: Rural Development
Moneylife
One block development officer (BDO) is absolutely inadequate to administer and develop around 35 to 60 villages normally under his jurisdiction. For instance South 24 Parganas District in West Bengal has a population of 80 lacs, has 2293 'Mouzas …