Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

EFFORTS BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

• The series of famines in the last quarter of the 19^th century (1875 to 1901) compelled the government to appoint Commissions. They suggested the need for establishing rural development work. This was followed by different Acts.
• In 1935, the rural development work was transferred as a provincial subject and many provinces established their Rural Construction Departments or Village Uplift Boards.
• They got funding from the Central Government for this work. But their activities were not based on detailed studies of programme planning or the needs and resources of the people.
• It neither gave emphasis to the participation of the people nor did not seek their cooperation and involvement.