RURAL ECONOMICS

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• Concepts, Features of Rural Economy.
• Rural Development -Economic, Social & political Development.
• Role of agriculture in rural economy

Indian agriculture - features, significance, problems,                         

• Agriculture Price Policy ,
• New Agriculture strategy (green revolution) major activities,achievements,failures
•  New thrust areas in agriculture

Agricultural Marketing : Importance, Merits, demerits and Measures to improve it.

Problems of rural economy-                                                            

• Rural Poverty and Unemployment : Causes, Extent,

Rural Indebtedness

• Causes & Extent of Rural Indebtedness and its relief measures.

Rural Finance :

• Need and Sources of rural Finance,
• Problems of rural credit and suggestions to remove limitations of rural credit.

Rural financial  Institutions -                                                                         

• NABARD- Structure ,role and  Functions

Cooperative Banking

• Concept , Important and weakness of cooperative banking

Panchayats for rural development-

• Concept, Objective, structure
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Panchayati Raj and problems.
• Cooperation: Concept and importance of cooperation,
•  Self Help Group (SHG) and  microfinance- objectives , benefits and limitations.

 A Brief study of Rural Development Schemes:

• MGNREGS, PMGSY, PMJDY,Deendayal Antayodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM).
• PMFBY, Deendayal Upadhyay- Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),
• Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National RuRBAN Mission (SPMRM),
• National Career Service (NCS) 
•        Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin ,
•         National Social Assistance Programme,  
•         Provision of Rural Amenities in Rural Area (PURA)
•         Basic features of Rural Economy of Rajasthan.