Rural programmes management

This Sable Rurst Development is based on the field work underken by Prof Dr Munter All han villages of Devanahally Talk which is ked 30 miles away from Bangalore City The at has iced three stages of intervention Finge effects on the ground realities of the people and the places. The book points out very poor implementation of programmes of the state, particularly for the development of Dalits, backward cleaves and minorities When once the bottle necks were identified, the author started preparing projects appropriate to the areas of deficiencies and submitted to various fonding agencies. With the assistance from Christian Children's Fund, he started implementation of the programmes Then he also took financial assistance from Canadian High Commission in India, Netherlands Embassy, South Asia Partnership, Canadian International Development Agency and Water Aid London.

The book throws light on the methods of approaches such as consultation with the people at every stage of implementation, their involvement through discussions and demonstration. Women, children and community were all the beneficiaries. A few cases of blind faith in maintaining cows and consequence losses are highlighted. The concept of "Pressure group' as propagated and demonstrated by the Nobel Peace Awardee, Prof. Mohammed V was experimented by the author of this bal concerns like co-operation and sharing as, live and let live are presented.

The roles of the government vis-a-vis NGO demonstrate the failure of the government officials as against the success of the NGO. The failure is mostly due to indifference, corrupt practices, lack of monitoring and evaluation. A few important recommendations are offered for the benefit of all agencies interested in people's co-operation in rural development