Rural Development detailed Syllabus for Construction Technology (CS), I – scheme has been taken from the MSBTE official website and presented for the diploma students. For Subject Code, Subject Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, Theory (Max & Min) Marks, Practical (Max & Min) Marks, Total Marks, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For all the other Construction Technology CS syllabus for 5th Sem, do visit Diploma in Construction Technology 5th Sem I – Scheme. For all the Construction Technology Elective-I subjects refer to Construction Technology Elective-I Scheme. The detail syllabus for rural development is as follows.
Rationale:
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Competency:
The aim of this course is to help the student to attain the following industry identified competency through various teaching learning experiences:
- Apply the principles of planning in rural development.
Course Outcomes:
The theory, practical experiences and relevant soft skills associated with this course are to be taught and implemented, so that the student demonstrates the following industry oriented COs associated with the above mentioned competency:
- Undertake surveys to decide the status of socio-economic significance.
- Identify the need of watershed management in rural areas.
- Suggest relevant government schemes for construction of roads, housing and energy conservation. .
- Suggest the relevant cottage and agro based industries for the rural areas.
- Select the relevant schemes of Central/State Government for the rural areas.
- Apply the principles of rural development in rural areas.
Suggested Exercises:
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Instruments Required:
The major equipment with broad specification mentioned here will usher in uniformity in conduct of experiments, as well as aid to procure equipment by authorities concerned.
Equipment Name with Broad Specifications
Nil
Unit 1
Overview of Rural Development:
Total Teaching Hours – 04
Distribution of Theory Marks
R Level – 02
U Level – 04
A Level – –
Total Marks – 06
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain)
- Suggest Modifications and improvements required for the development of the given rural area.
- Describe the social, economic and political significance of rural development for the given area. lc. Describe the role of CAPART (Council for advancement of peoples action and rural technology) in the development of the given type of rural area.
- Describe the procedure for Socio-Economic survey for the given village.
- Explain the Role of Civil Engineer in the development of given rural area.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Rural Development :Need, definition, objectives.
- Rural development as a phenomenon
- Rural development as a strategy
- Significance Of Rural Development
- Social significance – Rural problems, social change, resource utilization, infrastructure etc.
- Economic significance – National income, employment, food and fodder, industrial development, internal trade and transport, capital formation, etc.
- political significance- Political stability,
- Rural Development Environment
- Panchayat raj institution
- CAP ART (Council for advancement of peoples action and rural technology)-Organizational set up, purposes, objectives, activities.
- Socio-Economic survey
- Role of Civil Engineer in Rural Development.
Unit 2
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Unit 3
Rural Roads, Housing and Energy
Total Teaching Hours – 12
Distribution of Theory Marks
R Level – 02
U Level – 08
A Level – 10
Total Marks – 20
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain)
- Explain the criteria’s for the allocation of house under Rural Housing Schemes for the given location.
- Describe the credit-cum-Subsidy scheme for rural housing for the given locality.
- Apply the principles of Rural Housing in Habitat Development in the given rural area.
- Summarize the salient features of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna of Govt.of India.
- Set up Rural Building Center for the given purpose in the given situation.
- Calculate the minimum amount of energy, required to cater the need for domestic cooking, heating and lighting in the given rural area.
- Identify the sources of renewable energy for the given site conditions.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Indira Awas Yojana – Salient features, beneficiary people, Conversion of Unserviceable blouses into Pucca/Semi-Pucca houses.
- Credit-cum- Subsidy scheme of rural housing- Salient features, share of Central and state Government,
- Rural Building Centers-Purpose, technology transfer, skill development, training, eco-friendly materials
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna(PMGSY)- Key elements, concept of rural road connectivity.
- Low Cost Housing- Principles, purposes, use of Local Material for construction
- Rural Roads- Type, Specifications, Construction Techniques and Road Drainage
- Bio mass – Types of fuel such as Firewood, agricultural residues, dung cakes
- Renewable energy and Integrated Rural Energy Programme -Objectives, key elements, implementation, financial provisions, sources of renewable energy
- Working of Gobar gas and Biogas plant, National project on biogas development-technology, performance and implementation, financial assistance, involvement ofPanchayat and local bodies.
Unit 4
Rural Industry and Finance
Total Teaching Hours – 08
Distribution of Theory Marks
R Level – 02
U Level – 04
A Level – 04
Total Marks – 10
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain)
- Justify the need of cottage industry for the rural people in the given rural area.
- Classify the cottage industry on the basis of given criteria for the given rural area.
- Classify the agro based industry based on the given criteria.
- Suggest the criteria with justification for setting the agro based industry for the given rural area.
- Identify the sources of funds for the development of the given rural area.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Cottage Industry- Brick Manufacturing, Concrete hollow Block, Artificial Sandstone crushing plant.
- Agro based Industry- Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, Sericulture, and Fishery
- sources of funds for rural development Domestic (institutional and non -institutional) foreign institutional and non -institutional)
Unit 5
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Unit 6
Planning for Rural Development
Total Teaching Hours – 08
Distribution of Theory Marks
R Level – –
U Level – 04
A Level – 06
Total Marks – 10
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain)
- Justify the necessity of planning for the development of the given rural area.
- Execute the relevant plan at the specified level of the given rural area.
- Describe the functions of planning at micro, meso and macro levels for the given rural area.
- Describe the process of micro level planning w.r.t.agriculture.
- Describe the methodology used for executing the block and district level planning for the given rural area.
- Identify the components of an ideal development project for the given rural area.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Plan and planning for rural development.
- Levels and Functions of Planning.
- Micro-level Planning
- meso-level Planning
- macro-level Planning
- Decentralization policy of Planning.
- Block and District Level Planning.
Note: To attain the COs and competency, above listed UOs need to be undertaken to achieve the Application Level of Blooms ‘Cognitive Domain Taxonomy.
Note:
Legends: R=Remember, U=Understand, A-~ Apply and above (Bloom’s Revised taxonomy) Note: This specification table provides general guidelines to assist student for their learning and to teachers to teach and assess students with respect to attainment of UOs. The actual distribution of marks at different taxonomy levels (of R, U and A) in the question paper may vary from above table.
Suggested Student Activities:
Other than the classroom and laboratory learning, following are the suggested student-related co-curricular activities which can be undertaken to accelerate the attainment of the various outcomes in this course: Students should conduct following activities in group and prepare reports of about 5 pages for each activity, also collect/record physical evidences for their (students) portfolio which will be useful for their placement interviews:
- Prepare journals based on practical performed in laboratory.
- Give seminar on relevant topic.
- Undertake micro-projects.
Suggested Special Instructional Strategies:
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Suggested Micro-Projects
Only one micro-project is planned to be undertaken by a student that needs to be assigned to him/her in the beginning of the semester. In the first four semesters, the micro-project are group-based. However, in the fifth and sixth semesters, it should be preferably be individually undertaken to build up the skill and confidence in every student to become problem solver so that s/he contributes to the projects of the industry. In special situations where groups have to be formed for micro-projects, the number of students in the group should not exceed three.
The micro-project could be industry application based, internet-based, workshopbased, laboratory-based or field-based. Each micro-project should encompass two or more COs which are in fact, an integration of PrOs, UOs and ADOs. Each student will have to maintain dated work diary consisting of individual contribution in the project work and give a seminar presentation of it before submission. The total duration of the micro-project should not be less than 16 (sixteen) student engagement hours during the course. The student ought to submit micro-project by the end of the semester to develop the industry oriented COs.
A suggestive list of micro-projects are given here. Similar micro-projects could be added by the concerned faculty:
- Prepare a report on implementation of Prime Minister Rural Development Fellows Scheme for the nearby Village after undertaking the visit to that village.
- Collect the detailed information on Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) that has been executed successfully for the given rural area and present the same in the form of the report.
- Summarize the salient features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) that has been executed successfully for the given rural area and present the same in the form of the report.
- Prepare the report on the executed scheme under the banner of Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) to assist the poor families living below the poverty line in the given rural areas for taking up self employment.
- Prepare the report on the executed scheme under the banner of, The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna to provide additional wage employment in the given rural areas with its impact on food security, improvement in nutritional levels.
- Analyze the E-Book released by the Ministry of Rural Development downloaded through internet with special reference to its initiatives and achievements.
- Collect the information of, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana and prepare a report on it with reference to the nearby village or rural settlement.
- Visit to – Ralegan Siddhi, Hiware Bazar, Chitrakut, Vanrai and prepare a report on it.
Suggested Learning Resources:
- Rural Development in India: Past, Present and Future : a Challenge in the Crisis Desai, Vasant Himalaya Publishing House, Delhi ISBN 8183181929 ISBN 9788183181921
- Rural Development Strategy Rastogi, A.K. Wide Vision, Jaipur ISBN -81-8068-000-2
- Rural Development Principles, Policies and Management Singh, Katar Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd ISBN- 978-81-7829-926-6 (PB) 1
- Dynamics Of Rural Development Gaur, Keshav Dev Mittal Publications, 1992,Delhi ISBN:81 -7099-396-2 ISBN-13-.978-8170993964
- Document Published by Ministry of Rural development Govt, of India Ministry of Rural development,
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