Concept of Rural Development through Technology & Management

This paper deals with the historical background, concepts, constraints, objectives, methodology, strategy, institutional set up & scope of Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP), a scheme which is scientifically designed by the scientists of Indian Science Congress Conference, which would involve all scientific & academic institutions in the country to optimize the resources used for increasing welfare & income of rural community. The rural sector with its vast resources but unrecognized infrastructure presents a formidable growth problem. This is also associated with large population living under poverty line and lack of basic utilities like water supply, housing, sanitation, energy & communication. The concepts of the most of the technologies are related to the development of urban society only. This creates a very large gap between the pattern of investment in rural sector & its benefits to the people of rural areas. Some of the features are suggested by author, which will help IRDP in making the scheme more effective.