Subject(s): Rural development in India. -- India in Rural conditions. -- Agriculture in Economic aspects in India. -- Rural economy of India -- Structure of the Indian economy , Predominance of the rural sector in Indian economy, Features of the Indian rural economy -- Rural development in India -- Concepts and policy, Rural development programme in India-Gandhian plan of rural development, Community development programme, Integrated rural development programme, Commercial banks and IRDP, Panchayati raj in India, Rural development and cooperation -- Rural population and labour -- Human resources and economic development, rural population in India, agricultural labour in India, bonded labour in India, small farmers in India, Rural artisans in India -- Rural poverty, unemployment and rural industry -- Rural industries , Rural employment promotion programme, 20 point economic programmes -- Rural infrastructure for development -- irrigation: command area development , flood control , Drought prone area and dry farming, science and technology, Bio gas technology, agricultural practices and techniques, crop rotation, double cropping, multiple cropping, mixed cropping -- Land utilisation , soils and crop patterns -- Soil erosion -- Forest research , social forestry and tribals -- Constrains on raising productivity, Forestry development under plans, social forestry, tribal area programme, shifting cultivation, hill areas -- Role of agriculture and allied activities in rural development -- Agriculture and economic development, role of agriculture in the Indian economy, development of agriculture in India, Production of agricultural crops, Area under cultivation, productivity, Assessment of agricultural development, long term problems of agricultural development , State incentive policies and agricultural development allied activities in rural India, Animal husbandry, Dairy farming, poultry farming, sheep and pig rearing, institutional credit, fisheries, sericulture , horticulture -- Strategy of agricultural development and green revolution : New agricultural strategy, Suggested new agricultural strategy -- Agricultural inputs, mechanisation and extension -- Technological progress in agricultural production, HYV seeds and fertilisers , Mechanisation and power, Farm extension, role of rural credit -- Land reforms and rural development -- land tenure, nature and significance of land reforms, agrarian structure on the eve of independence, impact of land reforms, land reforms and financial institutions -- Pattern of land ownership and size of holding -- New agricultural technology and the size of the holding, Agricultural census 1980-81, subdivision and fragmentation of holdings, consolidation of holdings -- Agricultural prices and terms of trade -- Price formation of agricultural products, Objectives of agricultural price policy, debate on price support programme, methods of agricultural price support, agricultural price policy in India, terms of trade -- Rural marketing -- Agricultural marketing in India, Defects suggestions and government steps for improvement, cooperative marketing -- Agricultural and foreign trade -- India's forign trade, Role of agricultural commodities in foreign trade, export possibilities and import substitution, NABARD and exports -- Rural indebtedness and finance -- Debt relief and regulation of money lending act, rural finance, sources of finance , policy developments, multi agency approach, impact of farm credit policy -- Institutional agencies in rural finances -- Cooperative commercial, banks regional rural banks, farmers service societies, state bank of India, reserve bank of India, NABARD, Agricultural finance corporation, Taccavi loans, state level organisations -- Some related issues in rural finance -- Integrated rural credit scheme, Principles and guidelines for lending by commercial banks, Agricultural credit schemes of commercial banks , Problems of overdues and recovery of loans, rescheduling and conversion of agricultural loans, intensive area approach and project lending, Lead banks scheme, District and block level credit plans, village adoption scheme, crop loan scheme, priority sector and commercial banks, credit rationing , differential interest rate scheme, Small loans guarantee scheme, rural insurance, new crop insurance scheme 1985, rural electrification and banks, innovations in rural banking, National agricultural inputs fortnight, agro service ceters and banks, barefoot banking, single window and integrated approach, consumption credit , supervision of credit, cooperative commonwealth