We shall:

• Ensure the poverty alleviation programmes reach all the poor in every village;
  
  
• Dovetail wage employment programmes with programmes for area development and human resource development and create national and community assets like school buildings, roads, tanks and fuel and fodder reserves:
  
  
• Correlate the various rural development programmes to: - improve productivity and production - expand rural employment
  
  
• Promote handlooms, handicrafts, village and small industries; and improve skills for self-employment;
  
  
• Revitalise Panchayats, cooperatives and local bodies