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Ministry of Rural Development (India)

Government ministry of India

Government ministry of India

FieldValue
agency_nameMinistry of Rural Development
sealGovernment of India logo.svg
seal_width100px
seal_captionBranch of Government of India
logoMinistry of Rural Development.png
logo_size250px
logo_captionMinistry of Rural Development
formed
jurisdictionGovernment of India
headquartersKrishi Bhavan, New Delhi
budget(2023-24 est.)
minister1_nameShivraj Singh Chouhan
minister1_pfoCabinet Minister
deputyminister1_nameChandra Sekhar Pemmasani
deputyminister1_pfoMinister of State
deputyminister2_nameKamlesh Paswan
deputyminister2_pfoMinister of State
chief1_nameShailesh Kumar Singh
chief1_positionSecretary of Department of Rural Development
website
typeMinistry

The Ministry of Rural Development, a branch of the Government of India, is entrusted with the task of accelerating the socio-economic development of rural India. Its focus is on special rural grants for health and education, piped filtered drinking water programs, public and affordable housing programs, public work programs and grants for rural roads and infrastructure. It also provides special grants to rural local bodies.

The current minister is Shivraj Singh Chouhan who has been in office since 10 June 2024, while the ministers of state are Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani and Kamlesh Paswan.

History

On 31 March 1952, the Community Projects Administration was established under the Planning Commission to manage programs for community development. The community development program, which began on 2 October 1952 marked a significant step in rural development history. Over time, this program went through several changes and was overseen by different government bodies.

In October 1974, the Department of Rural Development was created as part of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Then, on 18 August 1979, it became its own Ministry called the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction. This ministry was later renamed the Ministry of Rural Development on 23 January 1982. In January 1985, it was once again made a department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which was later renamed the Ministry of Agriculture in September 1985.

On 5 July 1991, the department was upgraded back to a Ministry called the Ministry of Rural Development. A new department, the Department of Wasteland Development was established under this Ministry on 2 July 1992. In March 1995, the Ministry was renamed as Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, which included three departments namely the Department of Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Wasteland Development.

Again, in 1999 the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment was once again renamed as Ministry of Rural Development.

Departments

The ministry has two departments: the Department of Rural Development and the Department of Land Resources. Each is headed by a senior civil servant designated as the Secretary of the Department. Anita Choudhry is the secretary of Land Resources and Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh, is the secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development.

Department of Rural Development

The department run several national-level schemes: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for rural roads development, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood mission (DAY-NRLM) for self employment, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for rural employment and for rural housing, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin It handles the administration of District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), and has several autonomous organisations under it:

  • Council of Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART)
  • National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD)
  • National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA)
  • National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency

Department of Land Resources

The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs:

  • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna (Watershed Development Component)
  • Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme
  • Neeranchal National Watershed Project
  • Other Programmes
    • GIZ led pilot Land Use Planning and Management Project
    • Ease of Doing Business - Initiatives

It has the following divisions:

  • Land Regulations
  • Watershed Management and Development
  • Programme Monitoring & Evaluation (PME)

Cabinet Ministers

  • Died in office
PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyTerm of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime MinisterFromToPeriodMinister of Rural ReconstructionMinister of Rural DevelopmentMinistry merged with the Ministry of Agriculture during this intervalMinister of Rural Areas and EmploymentMinister of Rural Development
Janata Party (Secular)}}"[[File:Bhanu Pratap Singh Rajya Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Bhanu Pratap Singh
(born 1935)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Minister of State, I/C)30 July 197914 January 1980Janata Party (Secular)CharanJanata Party (Secular)}}"Charan Singh
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg70px]]Rao Birender Singh
(19212000)
MP for Mahendragarh20 January 198023 January 1982Indian National CongressIndira IVIndian National Congress}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg70px]]Rao Birender Singh
(19212000)
MP for Mahendragarh23 January 198229 January 1983Indian National CongressIndira IVIndian National Congress}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Harinath Mishra.jpg70px]]Harinath Mishra
MP for Darbhanga
(Minister of State, I/C)29 January 19832 August 1984
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg70px]]Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut
(Minister of State, I/C until 31 Oct 1984)2 August 198431 October 1984
4 November 198431 December 1984Rajiv IIndian National Congress (I)}}"Rajiv Gandhi
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg70px]]Buta Singh
(19342021)
MP for Jalore31 December 198425 September 1985Rajiv II
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg70px]]P. V. Narasimha Rao
(19212004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)21 June 199111 June 1995Indian National CongressRaoIndian National Congress}}"P. V. Narasimha Rao
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Jagannath Mishra.jpg70px]]Jagannath Mishra
(19372019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar11 June 199516 May 1996Indian National CongressRaoIndian National Congress}}"P. V. Narasimha Rao
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg70px]]Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(19242018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister)16 May 19961 June 1996Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Telugu Desam Party}}"[[File:Yerram Naidu Kinjarapu.jpg70px]]Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
(19572012)
MP for Srikakulam1 June 199619 March 1998Telugu Desam PartyDeve GowdaJanata Dal}}"H. D. Deve Gowda
GujralJanata Dal}}"Inder Kumar Gujral
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Babagouda Patil.jpg70px]]Babagouda Patil
(19452021)
MP for Belgavi
(Minister of State, I/C)20 March 199813 October 1999Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IIBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Sundar Lal Patwa.jpg70px]]Sundar Lal Patwa
(19242016)
MP for Narmadapuram13 October 199930 September 2000Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IIIBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg70px]]M. Venkaiah Naidu
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka30 September 20001 July 2002
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Shanta Kumar.jpg70px]]Shanta Kumar
(born 1934)
MP for Kangra1 July 20026 April 2003
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg70px]]Ananth Kumar
(19592018)
MP for Bangalore South6 April 200324 May 2003
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Kashiram_Rana.jpg70px]]Kashiram Rana
(19382012)
MP for Surat24 May 200322 May 2004
Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"[[File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg70px]]Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
(19462020)
MP for Vaishali23 May 200422 May 2009Rashtriya Janata DalManmohan IIndian National Congress}}"Manmohan Singh
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg70px]]C. P. Joshi
(born 1950)
MP for Bhilwara28 May 200919 January 2011Indian National CongressManmohan II
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg70px]]Vilasrao Deshmukh
(19452012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra19 January 201112 July 2011
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Jairam ramesh.jpg70px]]Jairam Ramesh
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh12 July 201126 May 2014
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Gopinath Munde (cropped).jpg70px]]Gopinath Munde
(19492014)
MP for Beed27 May 20143 June 2014Bharatiya Janata PartyModi IBharatiya Janata Party}}"Narendra Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Shri Nitin Gadkari on March 3, 2023 (cropped).jpg70px]]Nitin Gadkari
(born 1957)
MP for Nagpur4 June 20149 November 2014
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Chaudhary Birender Singh with Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).jpg70px]]Birender Singh
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana9 November 20145 July 2016
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after launching the Swachh Sarvekshan (Gramin)- 2017, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg70px]]Narendra Singh Tomar
(born 1957)
MP for Gwalior (until 2019)
MP for Morena (from 2019)5 July 201630 May 2019
31 May 20197 July 2021Modi II
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Giriraj Singh assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in 2017.jpg70px]]Giriraj Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Begusarai7 July 20219 June 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Shivraj Singh Chouhan 2025.jpg70px]]Shivraj Singh Chouhan
(born 1959)
MP for Vidisha10 June 2024IncumbentModi III

Ministers of State

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyTerm of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime MinisterFromToPeriodMinister of State for Rural ReconstructionMinister of State for Rural DevelopmentMinister of State for Rural Areas and EmploymentMinister of State for Rural Development
Indian National Congress}}"R. V. Swaminathan
MP for Sivaganga24 November 198023 January 1982Indian National CongressIndira IVIndian National Congress}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress}}"Baleshwar Ram
(19282015)
MP for Rosera16 January 198223 January 1982
Indian National Congress}}"R. V. Swaminathan
MP for Sivaganga23 January 198229 January 1983Indian National CongressIndira IVIndian National Congress}}"Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress}}"Baleshwar Ram
(19282015)
MP for Rosera
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Gaddam Venkatswamy.jpg70px]]Gaddam Venkatswamy
(19292014)
MP for Peddapalli21 June 19912 July 1992Indian National CongressRaoIndian National Congress}}"P. V. Narasimha Rao
Indian National Congress}}"Uttambhai Patel
(19272018)
MP for Valsad
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Gaddam Venkatswamy.jpg70px]]Gaddam Venkatswamy
(19292014)
MP for Peddapalli
Minister of State, Rural Development2 July 199218 January 1993
Indian National Congress}}"Uttambhai Patel
(19272018)
MP for Valsad
Minister of State, Rural Development2 July 199211 June 1995
Indian National Congress}}"Colonel
Rao Ram Singh (Retd.)
(19252012)
MP for Mahendragarh
Minister of State, Wasteland Development2 July 199211 June 1995
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg70px]]Rameshwar Thakur
(19252015)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
Minister of State, Rural Development18 January 199322 December 1994
Indian National Congress}}"Uttambhai Patel
(19272018)
MP for Valsad
Minister of State, Rural Development11 June 199516 May 1996Indian National CongressRaoIndian National Congress}}"P. V. Narasimha Rao
Indian National Congress (I)}}"Colonel
Rao Ram Singh (Retd.)
(19252012)
MP for Mahendragarh
Minister of State, Wasteland Development11 June 199530 March 1996
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Vilas Muttemwar.JPG70px]]Vilas Muttemwar
(born 1949)
MP for Nagpur
Minister of State, Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation15 September 199516 May 1996
Janata Dal}}"Chandradeo Prasad Verma
(19212005)
MP for Arrah1 June 199619 March 1998****Janata DalDeve GowdaJanata Dal}}"H. D. Deve Gowda
GujralJanata Dal}}"Inder Kumar Gujral
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"[[File:A still of the Union Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri A. Raja during a meeting of Chief Wildlife Wardens and Field Directors of Project Tiger Reserves, in New Delhi on May 26, 2005.jpg70px]]A. Raja
(born 1963)
MP for Perambalur13 October 199930 September 2000Dravida Munnetra KazhagamVajpayee IIIBharatiya Janata Party}}"Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Subhash Maharia
(born 1957)
MP for Sikar13 October 199929 January 2003Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Rita Verma Lok Sabha photo.jpg70px]]Rita Verma
(born 1953)
MP for Dhanbad30 September 20001 September 2001
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Annasaheb M. K. Patil
(born 1939)
MP for Erandol1 September 200122 May 2004
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.jpg70px]]Krishnam Raju
(19402022)
MP for Narasapuram29 January 200322 May 2004
Nationalist Congress Party}}"[[File:Suryakanta Patil (cropped).jpg70px]]Suryakanta Patil
(born 1948)
MP for Hingoli23 May 200422 May 2009Nationalist Congress PartyManmohan IIndian National Congress}}"Manmohan Singh
Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}"[[File:Aelay Narendra.jpg70px]]Ale Narendra
(19462014)
MP for Medak23 May 200424 August 2006Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Chandra Sekhar Sahu (cropped).jpg70px]]Chandra Sekhar Sahu
(born 1950)
MP for Berhampur24 October 200622 May 2009Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Pradeep Jain Aditya (cropped).jpg70px]]Pradeep Jain Aditya
(born 1962)
MP for Jhansi28 May 200926 May 2014Manmohan II
All India Trinamool Congress}}"[[File:Sisir Adhikari (cropped).jpg70px]]Sisir Adhikari
(born 1941)
MP for Kanthi28 May 200922 September 2012Trinamool Congress
Nationalist Congress Party (post–2023)}}"[[File:Agatha Sangma, 2009 (cropped).jpg70px]]Agatha Sangma
(born 1980)
MP for Tura28 May 200927 October 2012Nationalist Congress Party
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Lal Chand Kataria taking office in October 2012 (cropped).jpg70px]]Lalchand Kataria
(born 1968)
MP for Jaipur Rural31 October 201226 May 2014Indian National CongressManmohan II
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party}}"[[File:Upendra Kushwaha in 2018 (cropped).jpg70px]]Upendra Kushwaha
(born 1960)
MP for Karakat27 May 20149 November 2014Rashtriya Lok Samta PartyModi IBharatiya Janata Party}}"Narendra Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Sudarshan Bhagat giving awards (cropped).jpg70px]]Sudarshan Bhagat
(born 1969)
MP for Lohardaga9 November 20145 July 2016Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Ram Kripal Yadav (cropped).jpg70px]]Ram Kripal Yadav
(born 1957)
MP for Pataliputra5 July 201630 May 2019
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (cropped).jpg70px]]Niranjan Jyoti
(born 1967)
MP for Fatehpur31 May 20199 June 2024Modi II
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Faggan Singh Kulaste addressing function at 7th Indian Organ Donation Day (cropped).jpg70px]]Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla7 July 20219 June 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Kamlesh Paswan, Minister of State for Rural Development in 2024.jpg70px]]Kamlesh Paswan
(born 1976)
MP for Bansgaon10 June 2024IncumbentModi III
Telugu Desam Party}}"[[File:The Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (cropped).jpg70px]]Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
(born 1976)
MP for GunturTelugu Desam Party

References

References

  1. (2020). "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis".
  2. "Who's who".
  3. "About the Ministry :: Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. Of India)".
  4. "Overview". Department of Rural Development.
  5. (5 February 2019). "Schemes". Department of Land Resources.
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