The full form of DWCRA is Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas. It’s used on Governmental ,Policies & Programs in India

Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) is one of the sub-scheme of Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) introduced in 1982 at district level. The primary objective of the scheme is to focus attention on the women members of rural families below the poverty line to provide them the opportunities of self-employment on a sustained basis.

The basic objective of DWCRA is to provide rural women with productive income-generating assets and credit, and enhance their skills.

In the early 1980s, the Government of India launched the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) program under the Integrated Rural Development Program.

Though the DWCRA program was not very successful in the rest of the country, it was successful in Andhra Pradesh. The case gives an overview of the DWCRA program in Andhra Pradesh, and its impact on the lives of rural women there. It also discusses the role played by the government in the success of the DWCRA program in the state and explores the role of the corporates in rural development programs.