Contents vn Preface 1.Poverty Alleviation in Rural India 1 Anti-Poverty Programmes in the Ninth Plan; Strategy for Tenth Plan 2. Structure of Rural Industries 45 Origin of Industries; Motivation for Industry; Mode and Size of Production; Productivity and Income Generation; Structure of Manufacturing Various Goods 3.Contribution in the Rural Economy 70 Income Distribution; Providing Employment Opportunities 4. Growth of Non-farm Sector 91 Establishing Non-Farm Activities; Concentration; Sectoral Distribvition; Trends in Growth; Growth Performance: Rural and Urban Areas; Different Categories of Non-farm Activities; Expansion of Non-farm Activities; Origin of the Enterprises; Motivation of Entrepreneurs; Joining Non-Farm Activity; Turn Over Nonfarm Activities and Sale; Rural Development Programmes vi Rural Empowerment 5.Khadi and Village Industries 129 National Programme for Rural Industrialisation 6.Review of Progress - Kisan Card Scheme 137 Agencywise Progress; Statewise Position of Kisan Cards; Zonewise Review of Performance; Small & Marginal Farmers under Kisan Card Scheme; Ground Level Credit Flow 7.Non-Farm Employment and Women 154 Farm and Non-farm Employment; Structure of Rural Non-farm Employment; Role of Women in Non-farm Sector 8.Public Distribution System 169 Food Consumption Patterns 9.Tourism 200 Global Status and Trends; India's Place In World Tourism; Expanding Product Development; World Class Infrastructure 10. Scheduled Tribes 220 Constitutional Safeguards; Welfare and Development Programmes of STs; TSP and SCA to TSP; Unresolved Issues 11. ScienceandTechnologyinRural Development 252 Human Resource Development; Scientific and Industrial Research; Council of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) Bibliography 278 Index 280