A Study of Rural Development Schemes in Jamtara

Rural development has great importance in a country like India where the most of the population resides in Rural areas and battling for their development. They are struggling for their basic amenities such as clean drinking water, good foods, houses and electricity etc. Agrarian economy is also dealing with major problems due to this rural development becomes a cause of concern in India. Jamtara is also a backward district of Jharkhand where most of the population lives in rural areas and engaged in primary activities. To develop the rural areas, Government of India has launched number of schemes for poverty alleviation, rural connectivity and employment. The objective of this study is to understand the role of rural development schemes in Jamtara and to assess the growth of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin to provide affordable houses, Pradhan Mantri gram Sadak Yojana for rural connectivity and MGNREGA scheme for rural employment generation which is regulated by ministry of rural development. To conduct this research study analytic research method and cross tabulation method has been used. This study shows that in last nine years, 54.6 thousand houses has been constructed under PMAY-G, more than 1500 kms road length has been completed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and MGNREGA scheme has provided employment to 6.5 lakh individuals and 5.5 lakh household in last six years.