CONTINUING WITH IRDP - EXPERIENCE OF MADHYA-PRADESH

The idea of present exercise is not to search for reasons of IRDP cont inuance, but to ascertain programme benefits, if any, in respect of se ven districts viz. Raigarh, Shivpuri, Shajapur, Chhatarpur, Gwalior, M orena and Guna of Madhya Pradesh. The findings presented here are base d on the studies conducted by National Centre for Human Settlements an d Environment, Bhopal, in seven development blocks (each block of samp le size 250 of IRDP families assisted during 1989-90 to 1990-91) each selected from the districts mentioned above.