Download or read book The Challenge of Rural Development written by Kalipada Deb and published by M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an indepth analysis of the entire gamut of problems afflicting the rural economy. Some of the questions specifically looked into are: With how much of sincerity the plans were prepared, and how these were implemented? What were the effects on productivity and expansion of activities in different sectors of the rural economy? How much of attention was given to the problems of the weaker sections, and what improvements came over the years? What were the state of social and economic infrastructure? Did human resource development receive the attention it deserved?