This title addresses the basic concepts, elements, dogmas, paradigms, determinants, policy instruments, strategies, policies and programmes, and management of rural development. The book emphasizes, in particular, the pivotal role of human resources as both a means and an end of development.

The book Agricultural Planning and Technology in Rural Development is a collection of essays written in honour of Dr Bidyadhar Misra, one of the distinguished educationists and economists of our country. These essays reveal the role of planning and technology in agricultural and rural development during the era of planned economic development.