Administration of Rural Small‐scale Industry Development Schemes in Andhra Pradesh, India
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1965.tb00654.x |
| Published date | 01 October 1965 |
| Date | 01 October 1965 |
| Author | K. Seshadri |
Administration
of
Rural
Small-scale
Industry
Development
Schemes
in
Andhra
Pradesh,
India
by K.
SESHADRI
ALTHOUGH
this article is
mainly
devoted to the
examination
of
the
problem
of
rural
industrialisation in
Andhra
Pradesh, it
can
be claimed
that
the variouS
facets
of
the problems discussed
are
of
general application to
other
states as
well.
The
problem
of
non-rural
industrialisation is clearly beyond the scope of this
article, as it is also beyond the scope
oflocal
authorities, by virtue of its greater
magnitude
and
complexity.
At the outset it is
important
to
point
out
that
it is
more
difficult in a rural
economy to envisage separate sectors like agriculture or
industry
than
it may
perhaps
be in a bigger economy.
It
is also difficult to
draw
aclear line
of
dis-
tinction between the
panchayati
raj sector
and
the state
government
sector,
as the schemes enlarge
and
develop. Any scheme
of
rural
development has to
embrace
all fields - agriculture, industry, irrigation, communications, electri-
fication, forestry, fishing, co-operation, general education, social
and
technical
education, etc.
The
importance
of industrial development in
rural
areas to
Andhra
Pradesh
need
hardly
be over-emphasised.
Only
13
per
cent
of the total state income
comes from the industrial sector, such as it is.
The
vastness of its areal
and
its
high population,"
great
dependence on agriculture"
and
the high degree of
political consciousness evidenced in the general
participation
of the people from
the
panchayati
raj
level to the national level
are
all factors
that
call for an
urgent
appraisal
of
its potentialities.
A
study
in contrast
with
other
prominent
states of various factors
that
govern
the
politico-economic
growth
may
help to place the
picture
in a
clear
per-
spective.
The
per
capita
income of the agricultural
population
in
Andhra
Pradesh
is Rs. 158, as
compared
with
Rs. 138 for Bombay, Rs. 125 for
Madras
and
Rs. 118 for Bihar.
The
net
irrigated
area
in
Andhra
Pradesh
is
next
only
to
Uttar
Pradesh
with
its
perennial
rivers, the Ganges
and
]umna,
and
the
highly developed
Punjab.
By the
end
of
1970
irrigation projects
are
expected
to bring an
additional
IO.5
million acres
under
the
plough.
The
following table shows the superior yield of
principal
crops
per
acre in
Andhra
Pradesh
as against the
national
Ievel.'
Yieldper
acre
(in lbs.)
Rice
Sugarcane
Groundnuts
Chillies
Tobacco
Crop
A.P.
1, 0 15
6,23 1
753
536
7
IO
India
720
2,895
6/p
5
24
641
K. Seshadri,
M.P.A.,
is a lecturer in Public Administration in
Osmania
University,
Hydcrabnd.
1
106,000
square
miles.
231million according to
1951
census.
3Nearly
67.3
per
cent
of the total.
4National
Income
Unit
Estimates,
National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi,
:260
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