Rural development is essential to enhance income levels of rural population and to reduce distress migration. Rural development will reduce rural and urban disparities.

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Rural areas lack better sanitation facilities, better education, electricity, easy and simple credit facilities etc. People in rural areas are deprived of all these facilities and which is why there is a growing need for rural development. Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas. Key issues in rural development includes Development of Infrastructure, Alleviation of Poverty, Land Reforms, development of education, employment etc. Rural development involves improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated. The development of rural areas has traditionally centered on the exploitation of land-intensive natural resources such as agriculture and forestry. This is because, more than two-thirds of the country's populations are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood and one-third of rural India is still below the poverty line. Therefore, it is important for the government to be productive and provide enough facility to upgrade their standard of living. Rural development usually refers to the method of enhancing the quality of life and financial well-being of individuals, specifically living in populated and remote areas. Traditionally, rural development was centred on the misuse of land-intensive natural resources such as forestry and agriculture.Agriculture is the single most important source of livelihood for the majority of the rural population. But the rural is not just agriculture. Many activities that support agriculture and village life are also sources of livelihood for people in rural India. It also includes providing education, building skills, and providing health and sanitation facilities to the rural areas. This improves the productivity and participation of people in other economic activities in the rural areas, which reduces migration to cities. Poverty is one of the main causes of rural underdevelopment. Poverty is not a problem in itself; in fact, it gives rise to many other interrelated problems like unemployment, inferior human capital, underdevelopment and backwardness, inequalities, etc. Farming is the fabric of rural society and, in many countries of the world; it is the main economic activity.