Give Priority To Rural Development

During the Panchayat dispensation, a back-to-village national campaign was launched in 1967 AD. The aim of the campaign was to accelerate rural development because the majority of people were living in rural areas. Civil servants and students were sent to the rural areas, where they had to live and take part in development works. They also had to work as teachers and enlighten the rural people on the goals of the government. However, the campaign could not achieve its desired results. It lasted just eight years till 1975. The campaign was officially abolished in 1980. After a decade, the Panchayat system itself came to an end under the juggernaut of democratic forces.