Reshaping IRDP-Some Issues

Some Issues Indira Hirway The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament has recently made some recommendations about reshaping the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP). Section I of this paper outlines the major recommendations of the PAC. Section II discusses the strengths and weaknesses of these recommendations and draws some inferences for reshaping IRDP. Section III examines the implications of some of the suggest'ons for wage employment programmes and for planning of rural development in general.