摘要：Major part of population of India resides in villages; the role of rural economy is significant in overall development of country. Regional balance of growth is required to achieve the targeted growth rate and take the competitive advantage at global level. Main causes of rural backwardness are unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, lack of facilities, inadequate infrastructure, corruption, and lack of Government support etc in terms of effective implementation of various programmes & plans made in this regard, but major cause is unemployment which is disguised in nature.
