Subject(s): Rural development in India. -- Integrated Rural Development Programme (India) -- Rural development projects in India. -- Poverty -- Rural development in retrospect: Pre and post independence , Community development programmes, intensive agricultural district programme, High-yielding varieties programme, target based programmes, area based programmes, minimum needs programme -- Integrated rural development -- IRDP -- Concurrent evaluation of IRDP: Role of banks in IRDP financing, Horizontal and vertical linkage, After care support, Training in handling of assets -- Crossing the poverty barrier: income generation from IRDP, crossing poverty line, Towards a direct attack on poverty