Sustainable development means improvements in social, economic, and cultural aspects which can result in long-term benefits for the rural community. This sustainable development facilitates progress and development at multiple levels. Suitable development is visible in rural development as:
A. sustainable agriculture
B. sustainable irrigation
C. sustainable forestry
D. none of the above
Rural Development in a country requires systematic planning and implementation of these policies. Certain activities are considered important markers for development in rural areas. Those activities are:
A. a good water management system, transportation system, road constructions, education system
B. Holistic village development, rural development, poverty eradication
C. electrification, water management system, poverty eradication
D. corporate management
Rural development has three dimensions or aspects. These three dimensions are:
A. agricultural, animal husbandry, horticulture
B. drainage, roads, and airways
C. social, economic, and political
D. housing, urban planning, economic
The Ministry of Rural Development is a branch of the Indian government and is responsible for supporting the economic and social rural development in India. It emphasizes education, supply of clean drinking water, health and hygiene, as well as the maintenance of roads and public housing. This showcases the importance of rural development in India. This area has received special interest and support to enhance and improve various civic amenities. The Minister of Rural Development of India is:
A. Giriraj Singh
B. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
C. Narendra Singh Tomar
D. Nagendra Nath Sinha
The full form of NIDA is:
A. NABARD Infrastructure Development Assistance
B. National Institution of Development and Assistance
C. New Innovative Developmental Assistance
D. None of the above
Financial institutions other than banks can play an important role in supporting small-scale businesses and individual businessmen or farmers to venture into the domestic market. These financial institutions can help in bringing in credit and investment to those people who are usually not benefited from usual banks and give them a fighting chance to make their lives better. Fostering and encouraging rural property is done through various channels that do not only depend on agricultural channels. One such financial institution in India is:
A. NGOs
B. NITI Ayog
C. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
D. State Bank of India
NITI Ayog is a:
A. government organization that looks after the social welfare of the country
B. is a government organization that is responsible for carrying out rural development and management of various schemes and policies
C. Provides information on competitive and cooperative federalism
D. all of the above
Which of the following things is a deterrent to the progress of rural development in India in recent times?
A. housing infrastructure
B. water management
C. agriculture
D. roads development
This is considered to be important for the all-around growth of the country and leads to increased productivity, encourages ambition and generates higher incomes, and brings instability and improvement in economic and social developments.
A. urban improvement
B. bureaucratic improvement
C. rural development
D. economic development
Community size, population density, Homogeneity, Social interaction, Agriculture as the main occupation, natural contact, social interaction, social stratification, and social mobility are markers of which type of demographic?
A. urban population
B. rural population
C. semi-urban community
D. semi-rural community