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GS Paper 1:
Topics Covered: Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
Context:
Performance analysis of the scheme as per the latest survey:
About Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission:
Launched in 2016, the programme is designed to deliver catalytic interventions to rural areas on the threshold of growth.
It is now a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
Funding: Shared between the Centre and the State in a ratio of 60:40 for Plain area States and 90:10 for Himalayan and NE States.
Main objective of the scheme is bridging the rural-urban divide-viz: economic, technological and those related to facilities and services.
Development:
Under the mission, the Central government in coordination with the district administration has taken measures to bring about multi-layered phased development of the rural gram panchayats and villages on the lines of urban cities with proper civic amenities keeping the soul of villages intact.
What are Rurban areas? Why develop them?
A ‘Rurban cluster’, would be a cluster of geographically contiguous villages with a population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and with a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas. These clusters typically illustrate potential for growth, have economic drivers and derive locational and competitive advantages.
The larger outcomes envisaged under this Mission are:
- Bridging the rural-urban divide-viz: economic, technological and those related to facilities and services.
- Stimulating local economic development with emphasis on reduction of poverty and unemployment in rural areas.
- Spreading development in the region.
- Attracting investment in rural areas.
According to the 2011 Census, India has more than 6 lakh villages while there are around 7,000 towns and urban centres. Out of a total population the rural population accounts for 69% and urban population 31%.
- About 70% of the population lives in rural areas and about 50% of the overall labour force is still dependent on agriculture that is not productive enough.
- Large parts of rural areas in the country are not stand-alone settlements but part of a cluster of settlements, which are relatively proximate to each other. These clusters typically illustrate potential for growth, have economic drivers and derive locational and competitive advantages. These clusters, once developed, can then be classified as ‘Rurban’.
InstaLinks:
Prelims Link:
- Rurban Mission.
- Key features.
- Rurban areas.
- Urban development in India.
Mains Link:
Discuss the concerns associated with Urban Development in India.
Sources: the Hindu.
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