Rural Development and Sustainable Livelihood: A Case Study of Village Gandyal of J&K UT Dr. Verinder Singh

Abstract: Development is the continuous and never ending process which has the positive impact on growth and evolution of a particular area. Rural Development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. It is the strategy designed to improve the socio economic life of rural masses. Its objective is providing opportunities for earning a respectful livelihood. The sustainable livelihood approach provides a structure for poverty alleviation action. It focuses on the resolution to the problems of vulnerable communities by creating human-centered, participatory, and dynamic development opportunities. The present study deals with Rural Development and Sustainable Livelihood a case study of Gandyal village in JK UT. During the study, different indicators of development, policies and programmes for the development of Gandyal village were analyzed and different factors which constraints the rural development in making the livelihood of Gandyal village sustainable is also analyzed. The whole study is depending upon the information collected from primary as well as secondary data. The simple statistical techniques are used to analyze the data and graphic representation of data has been made with the help of bar graphs and pie diagrams etc