THE ROLE OF NGOS IN RURAL EMPOWERMENT: A CASE STUDY OF SKDRDP KADUR

Our country is basically a agriculture centered economy and the majority of contribution
to the GDP is coming through that one only. Apart from contributing to the welfare of the
people, it is the major source of employment for the rural people. Rural people growth has been
limited due to the fact that majority of areas don’t have basic infrastructure due to which the
firms and industries does not choose it as an investment avenues. Though various NGOs have
their own effort to uplift the quality of living among the rural people, the work of SKDRDP
stands brightly as compared to other NGO programmes. This paper is an attempt to understand
the various schemes launched by SKDRDP and to evaluate the awareness of the same on the
part of rural people. Various quesitonarries were duly analyzed on the basis of available data
before arriving at a conclusion.