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Urbanising the Rural: Reflections on India's National Rurban Mission

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  • Chandni Singh and Andaleeb Rahman

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India's development trajectory is marked by growing economic prosperity but high inequality, which often exacerbates the existing rural–urban divide. One of the current policy instruments to address this divide is the National Rurban Mission, which aims to improve infrastructure and service provision, facilitate regional development and attract investment in rural areas. Against the backdrop of growing rural unrest on one hand and emerging evidence of unsustainable development in the urban on the other, we examine the National Rural Mission and its discursive underpinnings. We find that while the mission and its stated aims are a promising step to improve regional development, its focus on ‘smart villages’ and seeing urbanisation as the only development model, undermines the strengths and challenges in rural India. We highlight ways in which the mission can avoid some past pitfalls of development interventions in India while strengthening its mandate of facilitating inclusive regional development.

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  • Chandni Singh and Andaleeb Rahman, 2018. "Urbanising the Rural: Reflections on India's National Rurban Mission," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 201827, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:appswp:201827
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    1. Ajay Purohit & Gaurav Chopra & Parshuram G. Dangwal, 2022. "Measuring the Effectiveness of the Project Management Information System (PMIS) on the Financial Wellness of Rural Households in the Hill Districts of Uttarakhand, India: An IS-FW Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-29, October.

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