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Rural Development

CBSE · Class 11 · Economics

Quick revision notes for Rural Development — CBSE Class 11 Economics. Key concepts, formulas, and definitions for last-minute revision.

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1

Understanding Rural Development

  • Rural development focuses on areas lagging behind in village economy development
  • More than two-thirds of India's population depends on agriculture
  • One-fourth of rural India still lives in abject poverty
2

Key Areas of Rural Development

  • Human resource development: literacy (especially female literacy), education, skill development, health, sanitation
  • Land reforms for equitable distribution
  • Development of productive resources of each locality
3

Rural Credit System

  • Rural economy depends on capital infusion for higher productivity
  • Long gestation period between crop sowing and income realization requires credit
  • Pre-independence: moneylenders exploited farmers with high interest rates
4

Rural Banking - Critical Analysis

  • Positive effects: increased rural output, income, employment post-Green Revolution
  • Helped achieve food security and abundant buffer stocks
  • Problems: high loan default rates, poor deposit mobilization culture

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