Rural Uplift and District Economic Councils.The Madras Government have recently announced the appointment to the various districts.of the 15lakhs allotted by the Government of India for the work of rural construction to be executedduring the current year.While doing so.they have rightly stipulated that the villages that are to benefit by the improvement schemes are to contribute.either in kind or coin.one third of the amount provided to them by the Government.and also suggested tentatively that these sums are to be devoted for the development of rural sanitation.,water supply,loan and ale co-operative societies and communications.they have also called for further proposals regarding the utilisation of the grants and the running of the schemes from the district collectors and district economic councils about whose formation we refered to in our July number.
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