The Community Development Programme (CDP) launched on 2nd October 1952, constitutes the first organized effort at rural reconstruction. The Government of India has launched a number of programmes to eradicate poverty and unemployment in India. Community Development Programme represents one such programme. It may be noted that exactly after one year, that is, on 2nd October 1953, The National Extension Services (NES) was launched. Both these programmes were intended to promote agricultural and rural development. The only difference between the two wad that the former (CDP) was a more intensive programme than the latter (NES). Both these schemes virtually worked hand in hand. Both these schemes were extolled by Pandit Nehru as “the armoury of our nation’s toiling spirit”.
The Community Development Programme for Rural Reconstruction
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