Building a Better India -Part14: Rural Development  

July 1, 2014

Real and inclusive growth cannot take place until India\'s 6.25 lakh and more villages and hamlets are developed and well governed.

Dalbir Chhibbar

One block development officer (BDO) is absolutely inadequate to administer and develop around 35 to 60 villages normally under his jurisdiction. For instance South 24 Parganas District in West Bengal has a population of 80 lacs, has 2293 \'Mouzas\' besides a big portion of south Calcutta, but has only 29 block development officers, a ratio of 79:1

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