LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Socio-Economic Assistance to Rural Youth with Specific Reference to Their Linguistic Empowerment in English

Rajashekar, M.A. English

“India lives in its villages” (M. K. Gandhi)

The aptness of this statement can be verified through an assessment of the social, economic and political spheres even today. The compounding effects of poverty, unemployment, poor and inadequate infrastructure in rural areas are felt in urban centres as well. We can confidently say, any task of rural development has an inbuilt agenda of urban development. It is in the background of this issue that the topic of this paper becomes especially significant.

Linguistic Empowerment of Rural Youth

Linguistic empowerment of rural youth as presented in this paper is not to be seen on par with the empowerment or protection of the rare languages spoken in rural areas, the languages that are on the verge of their death. Rather, it is a developmental initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development in partnership with some corporate industries and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to engage the rural youth in a skill exchange programme in the English language making them more market-friendly and employer-friendly.

Poverty alleviation, better livelihood opportunities, provision of basic amenities and infrastructural facilities through innovative programmes of skill development and self-employment are the areas Rural Development has been addressing. Supporting the Department of Rural Development in such philanthropic acts are communities, NGOs, Public-Private Partnerships, industries, institutions, etc., addressing the goal of transformation of rural life into one with better standards of living, least interfering with the habitants’ nativity, the department has envisaged several anti-poverty programmes for the benefit of the poor. The restructuring and merging of several self-employment programmes such as Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Supply of Improved Tool kits to Rural Artisans (SITRA), Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM), Ganga Kalyana Yojana (GKY), and the Million Wells Scheme (MWS) into a holistic self-employment scheme called Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) during the XI Plan was an epoch-making event. The contribution of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in the National Rural Poverty Elimination Programme (NRPEP) is note-worthy.

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Rajashekar, M. A. English
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Department of English, University College of Arts
Tumkur University
B H Road, Tumkur 572 103
Karnataka
India
rshekar.gummaraju@gmail.com
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