Question

What do you understand by Community Development Programmes?
A) A village participation in the programme
B) A movement to promote better living for the whole community.
C) A movement to promote better living for the whole community with the assistance of the Local Government.
D) A movement designed to promote better living for the whole community with active participation and on the initiative of the community.

Answer 1

Hint: After the independence of India, the community development programme was begun. In several different ways, it is also known as the Magna Carta of hope and happiness. It is a multi-project programme which aims at the overall development of rural people. This programme covers a huge area of development regarding agriculture, irrigation, animal husbandry, education, public health, village industries etc. For each activity, an official is appointed to execute the plan and evaluate the programme.

Complete answer:
The community development programme is a movement designed to promote better living for the whole community with the active participation and on the initiative of the community. It is the biggest rural readjustment scheme which was brought by the government of India. It is a programme which is designed to bring both inward and outward prosperity. The importance of community development programmes is to raise the standard of living of rural areas and developing rural areas.

The community development programme has the following objectives: -
1. To speed up the quality and quantity of agricultural production.
2. To resolve the issue of unemployment.
3. To advance the system of transportation and communication.
4. To develop the education, public health system.
5. To aid villagers to build their homes at cheap rates.
6. To encourage handicrafts and cottage industries.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: This programme is divided into three phases.
(a) the national extension phase. In this phase, areas are picked up to put through to the method where in less governmental expenditure services are provided.
(b) the intensive community development. In this phase, the areas are chosen to be put through to be more compound and intensive development schemes with larger expenditure.
(c) the post-intensive development phase. In this phase, the governmental expenses for special needs are reduced because it is assumed that their self-perpetuation process has been initiated earlier.