Rural Development: New Perceptions

The mountain of foodgrain stocks is just one of the consequences of the misguided macroeconomic policies of the 1990. Caught up in the euphoria of liberalisation, the new economic policy largely ignored the rural economy and its development. Fortunately, since 2000-01, there has been a new-found interest in resurrecting the agenda of rural development adopting a comprehensive and pragmatic approach.