Past and present status of rural housing. Environmental profile of the villages of India. Socio economic profile of the beneficiaries.
Housing is an important dimension of development both in economic as well as welfare terms.
Housing needs in Asia are far in excess of any thing imaginable in the industrialized countries of the First World. As a result of galloping increase in population, low income levels, low rate of accretion to the housing stock, housing is already a problem of alarming proportions in many developing countries. It is very disturbing to note that in rural India, where most of our people live, this basic amenity of life is inadequate and in deplorable state. As for the present study, the theoretical concerns informing the enquiry, in the main, are the magnitude of the problem of housing and more particularly the problem of housing the rural poor.