Community Development Programme initially started with how many projects?

✅Explanation: The Community Development Programme (CDP) in India was launched on October 2, 1952, with 55 projects. The CDP was a multi-sectoral rural development initiative aimed at improving the social and economic well-being of rural communities. CDP was initiated by the Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.The primary aim of the CDP was to bring about comprehensive rural development through a multi-faceted approach focusing on Economic Development, Social Development: and Community Participation.

🔑Key Points:
-Community Development Programme
-It was inaugurated on 2 October 1952 in which 55 community projects were launched.

✏️It is divided into three phases:
-The National Extension Phase 
-The Intensive Community Development Phase
-The Post- Intensive Development Phase.
-It has been the biggest rural reconstruction scheme undertaken by the Government of India.
-The present form of the Community Development Programme is an American concept.
-Surendra Kumar Dey
-He was India's first Union Cabinet minister for Cooperation and Panchyati Raj.
-He is remembered as the pioneer of a community development programme in Independent India.
-He was a member of the Balwantrai Mehta Committee(1957) which was set up in the Panchyati Raj System.
🔴Additional information:: 
-K.L.Rao
-Kanuru Lakshmana Rao is served as the Union Minister of Irrigation and Power from 1963-1973.
-He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the field of irrigation and power.
-K.M. Munshi
-Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was a member of the Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly under the chairmanship of Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
-He was also a member of the ad hoc Flag committee that selected the Flag of India.
-He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1938.
-He was popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas.
-Vinoba Bhave
-He was an Indian Independence activist.
-He was best known for the Bhoodan Movement.
-He is considered the National Teacher of India.
-He translated the Gita into the Marathi language with the name Geetai.