TRANSFORMING RURAL AREAS THROUGH RURBANIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF TELANGANA STATE

As per Census of India statistics, the rural population in India, stands at 833 million, constituting almost 68% of the total population. Telangana is the newly formed state of India. It has a vast rural population which has a lot of scope in the development of rural areas. Rurbanisation is new concept which has more importance in developing the rural areas with the assimilation of urban facilities. Rurbanisation can cater the needs of rural people with better facilities and infrastructure. It has its advantages empowering the rural people with the facilities like electrification which has the major utility in Agricultural sector of rural areas. Rurbanization aims to create a cluster of villages and provide urban amenities to the people living within that cluster. Thus, the aim is to create a big village with an urban feel. This will help in improving the quality of life of people in the rural areas and help to reduce the urbanrural divide which will ultimately reduce the rural to urban migration. Rurbanization process is the rural areas transform into urban areas. It is highly affected by the geographical, political, environmental, and economic constraints and opportunities. Effective implementation of government schemes facilitates the process of rural transformation. It also has some drawbacks as lack of political will, Delay in funds disbursement and geographical factors like topography makes it difficult for the implementation of Rurbanisation, mostly in North –East areas.