Least developed country like Nepal, the development programmes and policies are key components for the livelihood of rural poor and sustainable development. This paper is tries to carry out the historical perspectives of rural development in Nepal. The rural development policies and programmes are also essential for the national development. But the implemented policies and programmes for rural development by the governments of different time periods in Nepal are not sufficient as rural Nepal needed. It is strongly required to launch the agriculture based policies and programmes for rural Nepal. Using secondary information, the paper analyzes the major provision for the rural development in the country. Moreover, the rural development sector needs to develop some more popular and specific development policies and programmes and models of development.

Nepal is a rural country, more than 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas with agriculture and allied activities as the manor source of income and employment. The current theme of socio-economic development in Nepal, like in most of the less developed countries (LDCs), is alleviation of poverty. Mc Namara’s address to the Board of Governors in 1973 that “reaching the poor and the poor were not significantly contributions growth” generated a great enthusiasm towards ‘growth with justice’ that brought about a shift in emphasis from efforts aimed at promoting simple growth to imported rural output that world benefit lower income groups in the rural areas that ultimately would narrow down the gap between’ the haves and the have-nots. Since thane rural development has been assigned high priorities in the development plans of Nepal as well. " Rural development in Nepal is a complex phenomenon involving an interaction of economic, social, political and cultural factors." Least developed country like Nepal, the development programmes and policies are key components for the livelihood of rural poor and sustainable development. This paper is tries to carry out the historical perspectives of rural development in Nepal.

The rural development policies and programmes are also essential for the national development. But the implemented policies and programmes for rural development by the governments of different time periods in Nepal are not sufficient as rural Nepal needed. It is strongly required to launch the agriculture based policies and programmes for rural Nepal. Using secondary information, the paper analyzes the major provision for the rural development in the country. Moreover, the rural development sector needs to develop some more popular and specific development policies and programmes and models of development. Nepal is a rural country, more than 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas with agriculture and allied activities as the manor source of income and employment.

The current theme of socio-economic development in Nepal, like in most of the less developed countries (LDCs), is alleviation of poverty. Mc Namara’s address to the Board of Governors in 1973 that “reaching the poor and the poor were not significantly contributions growth” generated a great enthusiasm towards ‘growth with justice’ that brought about a shift in emphasis from efforts aimed at promoting simple growth to imported rural output that world benefit lower income groups in the rural areas that ultimately would narrow down the gap between’ the haves and the have-nots. Since thane rural development has been assigned high priorities in the development plans of Nepal as well. " Rural development in Nepal is a complex phenomenon involving an interaction of economic, social, political and cultural factors."