Impact Assessment Studies of the Various Schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India in ten Districts [(Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Malappuram (Kerala) and Salem, Erode, Villupuram, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)]


The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, had taken up Impact Assessment Studies of various programmes implemented by the Ministry in selected districts in the country. The major objective of these studies was to assess the overall impact of the different programmes on Poverty Alleviation, Employment Generation and Overall Rural Development at the village level. The study also looked into:
the guidelines on various programmes being followed with reference to selection of beneficiaries, utilisation of funds allocated and transparency and involvement of people in programme implementation;

the survival of assets created in particular, whether all the assets created under the scheme survived are in use and cost effective;

the impact of the programme on productivity and poverty alleviation and, in particular, whether the programmes have contributed in increasing, improving production, employment and living conditions of people below the poverty line; and

the role and functioning of the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the implementation of the programme.

CMD has completed these Impact Assessment Studies in the ten districts mentioned above (four in Kerala and six in Tamil Nadu).