Volume : 5, Issue : 12, DEC 2019

PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

NICHOLAS A. MARAK, DR. A.C. TALUKDAR

Abstract

The Block Development Officer as a multipurpose functionary is expected to be more prompt, efficient, objective, and most importantly to be capable of motivating the rural poor. He is an ubiquitous figure today, especially in the context of rural development in non-panchayat areas like Meghalaya. In spite of the fact that the District Council has been functioning for long, the area still remains very backward. There is not enough co-ordination between the District Council and the State Rural development functionaries in the region. A certain degree of co-ordination among the two is important to avoid duplication of work. A focused and co-coordinated effort is necessary for the improvement of agriculture and allied sector, village industry, and horticulture.  The Block Development Officer who is to ensure this co-ordination between the various implementing agencies at the rural level in all supervising the various developmental programmes, projects, activities for better implementation and sound evaluation.

The development blocks are progressing in the areas of development such as electricity, road and transportation, safe drinking water facilities, health sectors such as PHCs and CHCs, literacy in terms of education etc. Still more focus can be stressed in the areas such as concentration for Development of Agriculture, Public Health, Poverty Elevation programmes in the village and raising the standard of life in the various development blocks. More Government schemes can be implemented in the long run through the intervention of Nokmas, village councils and Block Development Officers with basic awareness and training programmes in the remote areas of the blocks in order to minimize the poor living conditions and uplift the downtrodden. The problems and issues of Block Development Officers in Rural Development can be minimized in this manner which can boost the overall development of the region. Thus, this present study is a humble attempt in the present state of democratic decentralization in the non–panchayat areas to experience certain changes in the rural development strategies and practices.

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BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEMS AND ISSUES.

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