Synopsis Rakesh Hooja, a development administrator, well known for his analytical writings on development administration and rural development, and his colleague, K.K. Parnami, have compiled the present volume, with contributors like T.N. Chaturvedi, M.S. Swaminathan, Donald Curtis and J.R. Watson, Richard A. Tom, R. Nickson, Ramesh K. Arora, R.K. Sapru, Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, Rakesh Hooja, .P. Ranga Rao, M.L. Mehta, B. Yerram raju and Sudesh K. Sharma. The papers included in this volume deal with various issues of development administration and rural development, with various issues of development administration and rural development, with special reference to India. The crisp Volume Editor' Introduction situates the papers in the relevant literature and indicates how they contributed to the ongoing theoretical discourse and analyzed actual practice. The focus thought remains primarily on the people and secondarily on area development, since rural infrastructure, rural livelihoods, rural services, rural productivity and rural administration are all meant for the people. The 18 papers are thematically arranged under three parts. While part first deals with the conceptual dimensions of development administration and rural development, the second part is devoted to the administrative aspects of rural is development. In the third part, the Integrated Rural development Programme and its implementation has been discussed. The book promises to be a valuable reference for all concerned -students, economists and other social scientists, and policy makers, administrators, scholar alike.