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The Community Development (CD) program in India seeks to bring about rapid soc change through a comprehensive & integrated approach. The improvement in techniques of farming & agriculture is the corner-stone of this program but it touches all aspects of community life--health, educ, recreation, econ wellbeing, & cooperation. It is the most gigantically planned & gov'ally admin'ed program operated with the support of the people. The present CD projects is the logical culmination of forces released by a number of useful & varied exp's successfully carried on by a number of org's in India. They are: The Wardha Schemes; The Ru Reconstruction Project at Martandam; Ru Welfare Centers of the Servants of India Society; The Etwa & Gorakhpur projects; The Sarvodaya Scheme of the Gov of Bombay; The Firka Development Scheme of the Gov of Madras; The Faridabad Project of the Gov of India's Ministry of Rehabilitation; & The Community Education Centers of Jamia Millia Islamia's Instit of Adult & Soc Educ. The basic aims of the CD program are: increase agri'al output, decrease unemployment in Ru areas; improve village communications, foster primary educ, soc educ, public health, & recreation in the villages, improve housing & environmental sanitation, & promote indigenous handicrafts & small scale industries. Though it started as a gov program, every effort is being made to transform it into a people's program. While the progress maintained is satisfactory, we are nowhere near our ideal. J. E. Hughes.