Transforming Rural India: An Economic Analysis Of Government Schemes

Abstract

This research study background of the planning process lays great stress on addressing the problem of rural development in all its dimensions. The spectre of rural poverty, infrastructural gaps, unemployment, and provision of basic amenities, low asset base are issues that warrant appropriate interventions. Rural development must be viewed against the fact that more than half of the population in Tamil Nadu (56 per cent) still live in rural areas spreading over 12,618 village panchayats. Hence, this paper examine to relationship between budgetary allocation for rural development and total budgetary expenditure in Government of Tamil Nadu.

Secondly, broad view of analyse to the functions of major central and state rural welfare development schemes in Tamil Nadu. This study makes use of secondary data relating to budgetary expenditure on Tamil Nadu, various development schemes related data in Tamil Nadu from Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Reports, Budgetary Documents, Tamil Nadu Development Report and Planning Commission Reports. This present study attempts to contextualize regression work in budgetary expenditure on rural development.  The last section concludes the discussion.