Patel, H. L.SINGH, BHARAT PRASAD2018-06-042018-06-041987http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810048978INTRODUCTION: The integrated rural development programme is a major instrument of the Government strategy to alleviate poverty. The programme envisages the development of the rural areas and the people belonging to the weaker sections such as small and marginal farmers, tenants and sharecroppers, landless labourers, rural artisans, member of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Its objectives is to enable selected families to cross poverty line through a strategy of productive assests endowment. The assets which would be in the primary, secondary or teritary sectors are provided by financial assistance which comprises subsidy and bank loan. The extent of subsidy is 25 percent for small farmers, 33.33 percent for marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, artisans and 50 per cent for tribal families.enExtension Education, AgricultureA StudyThesis