Suggestive Themes for the preparation of Project Reports for PGDSRD
(Note: These are only suggestive titles, however, a student is free to choose his/her own theme pertaining to Rural Development)
1. Impact of Caste System on Rural Development Process.
2. Participatory Planning Process at Gram Panchayat Level. 3. Social Audit of a Project undertaken under MGNREGS in village. 4. Social inequality and Social Exclusion as Prevalent in a village. 5. Case Study of a Social conflict and its resolution by PRI. 6. Impact of migration to urban areas on development process. 7. Effect of availability of quality seeds on the productivity of a crop. 8. Study of Food and Nutrition Security Programmes implemented in a village/region. 9. Impact of RTI on the effective implementation of a rural development project. 10. Study of a SHG for providing small loans to women members. 11. Assessment of a women and child health care system in a village/region. 12. Study of non-judicious exploitation of water on livelihood in a village/region. 13. Impact of rural development schemes in poverty reduction in a village/region. 14. Study on extent of mechanization for meeting labour shortage in an area. 15. Study of Reproductive and Child Health Programme (RCH) and Integrated Child Development Health Scheme (ICDS) implemented in a village. 16. Effect of Mid – Day Meal Scheme in a village/region for improving School Attendance. 17. Study on the Public Distribution System (PDS) for providing food security to BPL families in a village. 18. Study of the Child immunization Programme on the improvement in child health being implemented in an area. 19. Study of a Wage Employment Scheme under implementation in an area. 20. Conduct of a PRI exercise for preparing a village development plan. 21. Study of a value chain on production of fruits/vegetables/spices under progress in an area. 22. Study the collection/harvest of a Non – Timber Forest Produce as practiced by tribal population in an area. 23. Study of a rural market and scope for its improvement. 24. Study of a Fish production and marketing as a livelihood support system in a village/area. 25. Study of Animal Based Livelihoods system successfully implemented in an area. 26. Study of a self – employment scheme promoted in a village. 27. Implementation of a safe drinking water supply water system in a village. 28. Study of Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for providing houses to SC/ST Population in a village. 29. Study of a Rain Water Harvesting Activity undertaken in a village.