India is a country of villages and about 50% of the villages have very poor socio-economic conditions. Since the dawn of independence, concerted efforts have been made to ameliorate the living standard of rural masses. So, rural development as an integrated concept of growth and poverty elimination has been of paramount concern in all the consequent five year plans. Rural Development (RD) programs comprise of following:
1. Sanitation
2. Water Shed Development
3. Welfare Cause
4. Basic Infrastructure Facilities
5. Skill Development Program
6. Child Right and Child Labour Prevention Program
7. Entrepreneurship Development Program
8. Income Generation Skills Program
9. SHG & Co-operative Management
10. Education and Infrastructure
11. Other Socio-economic Program