In free India rural uplift programmes were initiated in the year 1952 under community development programme. These were aimed at changing the face of the countryside and building a new outlook among the village folk. Under the Five Year Plans a high priority is being given to these programmes. Much is yet left to be done as most of the people live in villages. However a new awakening is growing among the people living in villages. The goals of the community development programme are quite ambitious. With the advent of scientific methods of agriculture increased production of wheat rice barley cotton and other crops has been achieved and efforts go unabated in this direction. Cottage industries are the backbone of village wage-carners. Substantial increase in the production of cottage goods based on agro marine and natural products or bio-products has generated employment in the rural sector. Co-operative credit societies have sprung up to cope with the increasing demand of capital by small farmers and workers engaged in cottage industries. Beside this efforts are continuing to execute works of common benefit for the village community ; such as village roads tanks gas plants technical know-how centres and adult education units in the rural sector. Increase in agricultural production rural industrialization and a change in the outlook of the rural people are thus the outstanding features of the village uplift programmes. During the Five Year Plans the community development programme has shown excellent results. Village link roads rural water supply and sanitation electrification and mass education are the areas where much work has already been done. Radio and Television are today as common in rural areas as in towns and cities. Schools colleges and technical institutes are now being opened in the rural and semi-rural areas. There is a spate of tractors