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Lesson 22:Community Development project

Meaning

Community is a group of people live in a geographical area and have an interest in each other for the purpose of making a living. Development indicates gradual growth of maturation which is sequential phase. It can also be expressed as increasing differentiation in upward direction.

It can be concluded that community development is bringing forth the potential elements, abilities and qualities of group of people who live in a common territory and who have an interdependent relationship with each other.

Fields of coverage

The community development programme was started for overall development of rural people. It consisted of agriculture, animal husbandry, irrigation, cooperation, public health, education, social education, communication, village industries etc. There are officials for each activity from district to village level to plan, execute and evaluate the programme.

Organizational concept

Integration&Conversion

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