Evaluation Study of the Working of Antyodaya Programme in Rajasthan September-October, 1978

Abstract

‘ANTYODAYA’ has been defined as upliftment of the last man. As the term signifies, the programme adopted by the Rajasthan Government envisages the economic development of the poorest of the poor families in each village of the State through self-employment, wage employment and old age pension. Although special schemes, such as Small Farmers Development Agency, Drought Prone Area Programme, Special Animal Husbandry Programme, etc. do aim at the betterment of the rural poor, their benefits usually do not reach the poorest families unless these arc identified and helped in sharing the deliveries of these programmes. Under the Antyodaya Programme. a micro-approach with family as the unit of development has been adopted.