Rural Welfare in India in 1936

Mr. C. F. Strickland has brought together in a convenient form the activities of the various organizations in India, governmental and other, which are actively helping the rural uplift movement in the country. The Government of India has made a sum of R,s. 31 crores available to the provincial governments as grants to assist them in developing ruralwelfare work. Some provinces such as Madras, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam are devoting the bulk of their grants to the improvement of water-supply, sanitation and rural roads. Bombay, the Central Provinces, the Punjab and the United Provinces have already had in progress various schemes for the amelioration of the condition of the agricultural population in the villages. The grants made by the Central Government have therefore helped to stimulate further the activities of these provinces. Mr. Strickland has rightly drawn attention to four