Rural India A Monthly Devoted to Rural Problem December 1941

The end of course being the prosperity and the happiness of the society and the elevation of the human soul. [...] What avail then can the develoment of multi-purpose societies the intensifcation of Government control the provision of adequate finance the introduction of the managing agency system the inclusion of shrewd businessmen and the starting of Coperative colleges be to the movement without an all-round 'improvement of the human material and a sterilization of the corroding evils. [...] g. Agricultural production and marketing road building prevention of litigation rural sanitation etc.) of the component people and to it should be available the help of the official the brain of the philosopher the moderation of the realist the skill of the expert and the cleverness of the propagandist. [...] Is it not possible; is it not feasible ? The higher interest of the country demands the welfare of the peasantry makes it obligatory and the development of the Co-operative movement itself warrants the fructification of such a federated body not only to banish the age-stained lethargy of the agriculturist but also to make him feel to adopt Terence words that nothing pertaining to humanity is a [...] Acting on this policy the Rural Development Department of the Government of Bihar has rightly selected the district headquarters of the department in the interior of the villages where the officers of 633"THE RURAL INDIA FOR DECEMBER 1941 the department try to win the confidence of the villagers by being in closest association with them in their daily life.