Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Emerging Issues in Rural Development Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Rural-Urban Regional Imbalance

• 6 Component of Rural-Urban Regional Imbalance
• 7 Causes of Rural-Urban Regional Imbalance
• 8 Negligence to Rural area in development process
• 9 Present Status of Rural Development
• 10 Redial Measures for Reducing Rural-Urban Regional Imbalance

Module 2: Shrinking of Agricultural Land

• 1 Acquisition of Land for Infrastructural Development
• 2 Acquisition of Land for Housing Development
• 3 Acquisition of Land for Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
• 4 Impact of Acquisition of land on rural areas
• 5 Impact of New Economic Policy on Agriculture

Module 3: Pressure of Population on Agricultural Land

• 1 Concept and types of Unemployment
• 2 Causes of Sub-Division and Fragmentation of Land
• 3 Consequences of Sub-Division and Fragmentation of Land
• 4 Types and causes of Migration
• 5 Remedial measures on Migration

Module 4: Land Pollution

• 1 Concept and Types of Pollution
• 2 Concept of land Pollution
• 3 Causes of land pollution
• 4 Consequence of land pollution
• 5 Remedial measures of land pollution

Text Books

• 1 Rural Urban India-Imbalance in Growth Mr. M. L. Maurya, Shree Publishers and Distributers- 2008
• 2 Challenge of Liberalization to Indian Agriculture Thaplia (Ed), Hyderabad NIRD 2002
• 3 Development projects and Critical Theory of EnvironmentJyosnaBapat, Stage Publications, New Delhi. Economic Development and Social Change in South IndiaManchester University Press.

Reference Books

• 1 The Economy of Maharashtra, Changing Structure and Emerging Issues Dr. B. L. Mungekar, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Social and Economic Change, Mumbai.
• 2 Agriculture and Soil Pollution, James V Livingston, Nova Science Publishers Inc.
• 3 Migration and Economy- Global and Local Dynamics- Edt. Lillian Targer. www.altamirapress.com
• 4 Agriculture and Rural Development (A Gandhian Perspectives) Dr. K. Venkata Reddy. Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.