:Ministry of Rural Development (India)

{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of Rural Development

| seal = Government of India logo.svg

| seal_width = 100px

| seal_caption = Branch of Government of India

| logo = Ministry of Rural Development.png

| logo_size = 250px

| logo_caption = Ministry of Rural Development

| formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1980|01|20}}

| jurisdiction = Government of India

| headquarters = Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

| budget = {{INRConvert|159964|c}} (2023-24 est.){{cite web |url=https://prsindia.org/sites/default/files/budget_files/Union%20Budget%20Analysis%20-%202020-21.pdf |title=Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis |date= 2020|website=prsindia.org }}

| minister1_name = Shivraj Singh Chouhan{{Cite web|url=https://rural.nic.in/about-us/whos-who|title=Who's who|website=Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India}}

| minister1_pfo = Cabinet Minister

| deputyminister1_name = Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani

| deputyminister1_pfo = Minister of State

| deputyminister2_name = Kamlesh Paswan

| deputyminister2_pfo = Minister of State

| chief1_name = Shailesh Kumar Singh

| chief1_position = Secretary of Department of Rural Development

| website = {{URL|http://rural.nic.in}}

| type = Ministry

}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |title=About the Ministry :: Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. Of India) |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618172317/http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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 Jugal Kishore Mahapatra, a senior bureaucrat from Odisha, is the secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development.

=Department of Rural Development=

The department run three national-level schemes: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for rural roads development, Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) rural employment and for rural housing, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana It handles the administration of District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), and has three autonomous organisations under it:{{cite web | title = Overview | publisher = Department of Rural Development | url = http://drd.nic.in/DRD/aboutus.asp | access-date = 2014-01-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140208233730/http://drd.nic.in/drd/aboutus.asp | archive-date = 8 February 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}

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

The Minister of Rural Development is the Chairman of these three organisations and the Secretary of the Ministry is the Vice-Chairman. The Minister is currently Mr Giriraj Singh, and the Secretary is Subrahmanyam Vijay Kumar.{{cite web|url=http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_aboutus&id=3158&p=emp&view=profile&Itemid=181|title=TERI: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development - India|website=www.teriin.org}}

=Department of Land Resources=

The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs:{{cite web|url=http://dolr.gov.in/programme-schemes/schemes-programmes|title=Schemes|date=5 February 2019|publisher=Department of Land Resources|access-date=2014-01-14}}

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

Cabinet Ministers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \| {{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"\| Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" \|Minister {{small\|(Birth-Death) Constituency}} ! colspan="3" \|Term of office ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" \|Political party ! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" \| Ministry ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"\| Prime Minister
style="width:8em"\| From ! style="width:8em"\| To ! style="width:6em"\| Period
colspan="11"\| Minister of Rural Reconstruction
1 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}"\| \| \| Bhanu Pratap Singh {{small\|(born 1935) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}} (MoS, I/C) \| 30 July 1979 \| 14 January 1980 \| {{ayd\|1979\|7\|30\|1980\|1\|14}} \| Janata Party (Secular) \| Charan \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}"\| \| Charan Singh
2 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| 70px \| Rao Birender Singh {{small\|(1921{{ndash}}2000) MP for Mahendragarh}} \| 20 January 1980 \| 23 January 1982 \| {{ayd\|1980\|1\|20\|1982\|1\|23}} \| Indian National Congress (I) \| Indira IV \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| Indira Gandhi
colspan="11"\| Minister of Rural Development
(2) \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| 70px \| Rao Birender Singh {{small\|(1921{{ndash}}2000) MP for Mahendragarh}} \| 23 January 1982 \| 29 January 1983 \| {{ayd\|1982\|1\|23\|1983\|1\|29}} \| rowspan="5"\| Indian National Congress (I) \| rowspan="3"\| Indira IV \| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| rowspan="3"\| Indira Gandhi
3 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| \| Harinath Mishra {{small\|MP for Darbhanga}} (MoS, I/C) \| 29 January 1983 \| 2 August 1984 \| {{ayd\|1983\|1\|29\|1984\|8\|2}}
rowspan="2"\| 4 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Mohsina Kidwai {{small\|(born 1932) MP for Meerut}} (MoS, I/C until 31 October 1984) \| 2 August 1984 \| 31 October 1984 \| {{ayd\|1984\|8\|2\|1984\|10\|31}}
4 November 1984 \| 31 December 1984 \| {{ayd\|1984\|11\|4\|1984\|12\|31}} \| Rajiv I \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| rowspan="2"\| Rajiv Gandhi
5 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| 70px \| Buta Singh {{small\|(1934{{ndash}}2021) MP for Jalore}} \| 31 December 1984 \| 25 September 1985 \| {{ayd\|1984\|12\|31\|1985\|9\|25}} \| Rajiv II
colspan="11"\| {{nobold\|Ministry disestablished during this interval}}{{efn\|The ministry's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture on 25 September 1985''}}
colspan="11"\| Minister of Rural Development
{{ndash}} \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| 70px \| P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small\|(1921{{ndash}}2004) MP for Nandyal}} (Prime Minister) \| 21 June 1991 \| 11 June 1995 \| {{ayd\|1991\|6\|21\|1995\|6\|11}} \| Indian National Congress (I) \| Rao \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| P. V. Narasimha Rao
colspan="11"\| Minister of Rural Areas and Employment
6 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| \| Jagannath Mishra {{small\|(1937{{ndash}}2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar}} \| 11 June 1995 \| 16 May 1996 \| {{ayd\|1995\|6\|11\|1996\|5\|16}} \| Indian National Congress (I) \| Rao \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| P. V. Narasimha Rao
{{ndash}} \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Atal Bihari Vajpayee {{small\|(1924{{ndash}}2018) MP for Lucknow}} (Prime Minister) \| 16 May 1996 \| 1 June 1996 \| {{ayd\|1996\|5\|16\|1996\|6\|1}} \| Bharatiya Janata Party \| Vajpayee I \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| style="width:9em"\| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
rowspan="2"\| 7 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Telugu Desam Party}}"\| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu {{small\|(1957{{ndash}}2012) MP for Srikakulam}} \| 1 June 1996 \| 21 April 1997 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1996\|6\|1\|1998\|3\|19}} \| rowspan="2"\| Telugu Desam Party \| Deve Gowda \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}"\| \| H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April 1997 \| 19 March 1998 \| Gujral \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}"\| \| Inder Kumar Gujral
8 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| \| Babagouda Patil {{small\|(1945{{ndash}}2021) MP for Belgavi}} (MoS, I/C) \| 20 March 1998 \| 13 October 1999 \| {{ayd\|1998\|3\|20\|1999\|10\|13}} \| Bharatiya Janata Party \| Vajpayee II \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
colspan="11"\| Minister of Rural Development
9 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| \| Sundar Lal Patwa {{small\|(1924{{ndash}}2016) MP for Narmadapuram}} \| 13 October 1999 \| 30 September 2000 \| {{ayd\|1999\|10\|13\|2000\|9\|30}} \| rowspan="5"\| Bharatiya Janata Party \| rowspan="5"\| Vajpayee III \| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| rowspan="5"\| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
10 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| M. Venkaiah Naidu {{small\|(born 1948) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka}} \| 30 September 2000 \| 1 July 2002 \| {{ayd\|2000\|9\|30\|2002\|7\|1}}
11 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Shanta Kumar {{small\|(born 1934) MP for Kangra}} \| 1 July 2002 \| 6 April 2003 \| {{ayd\|2002\|7\|1\|2003\|4\|6}}
12 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Ananth Kumar {{small\|(1959{{ndash}}2018) MP for Bangalore South}} \| 6 April 2003 \| 24 May 2003 \| {{ayd\|2003\|4\|6\|2003\|5\|24}}
13 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Kashiram Rana {{small\|(1938{{ndash}}2012) MP for Surat}} \| 24 May 2003 \| 22 May 2004 \| {{ayd\|2003\|5\|24\|2004\|5\|22}}
14 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"\| \| 70px \| Raghuvansh Prasad Singh {{small\|(1946{{ndash}}2020) MP for Vaishali}} \| 23 May 2004 \| 22 May 2009 \| {{ayd\|2004\|5\|23\|2009\|5\|22}} \| Rashtriya Janata Dal \| Manmohan I \| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \| rowspan="4"\| Manmohan Singh
15 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \| 70px \| C. P. Joshi {{small\|(born 1950) MP for Bhilwara}} \| 28 May 2009 \| 19 January 2011 \| {{ayd\|2009\|5\|28\|2011\|1\|19}} \| rowspan="3"\| Indian National Congress \| rowspan="3"\| Manmohan II
16 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \| 70px \| Vilasrao Deshmukh {{small\|(1945{{ndash}}2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra}} \| 19 January 2011 \| 12 July 2011 \| {{ayd\|2011\|1\|19\|2011\|7\|12}}
17 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \| 70px \| Jairam Ramesh {{small\|(born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh}} (MoS, I/C) \| 12 July 2011 \| 26 May 2014 \| {{ayd\|2011\|7\|12\|2014\|5\|26}}
18 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Gopinath Munde {{small\|(1949{{ndash}}2014) MP for Beed}} \| 27 May 2014 \| 3 June 2014 {{small\|(died in office)}} \| {{ayd\|2014\|5\|27\|2014\|6\|3}} \| rowspan="7"\| Bharatiya Janata Party \| rowspan="4"\| Modi I \| rowspan="7" bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| rowspan="7"\| Narendra Modi
19 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Nitin Gadkari {{small\|(born 1957) MP for Nagpur}} \| 4 June 2014 \| 9 November 2014 \| {{ayd\|2014\|6\|4\|2014\|11\|9}}
20 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Birender Singh {{small\|(born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Haryana}} \| 9 November 2014 \| 5 July 2016 \| {{ayd\|2014\|11\|9\|2016\|7\|5}}
rowspan="2"\| 21 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Narendra Singh Tomar {{small\|(born 1957) MP for Gwalior (until 2019) MP for Morena (from 2019)}} \| 5 July 2016 \| 30 May 2019 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|2016\|7\|5\|2021\|7\|7}}
31 May 2019 \| 7 July 2021 \| rowspan="2"\| Modi II
22 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Giriraj Singh {{small\|(born 1957) MP for Begusarai}} \| 7 July 2021 \| 9 June 2024 \| {{ayd\|2021\|7\|7\|2024\|6\|9}}
23 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| 70px \| Shivraj Singh Chouhan {{small\|(born 1959) MP for Vidisha}} \| 10 June 2024 \| Incumbent \| {{ayd\|10 Jun 2024}} \| Modi III

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister
{{small|(Birth-Death)
Constituency}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party

! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry

! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister

style="width:8em"| From

! style="width:8em"| To

! style="width:6em"| Period

colspan="11"| Minister of Rural Reconstruction

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|

| Bhanu Pratap Singh
{{small|(born 1935)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}}
(MoS, I/C)

| 30 July
1979

| 14 January
1980

| {{ayd|1979|7|30|1980|1|14}}

| Janata Party (Secular)

| Charan

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|

| Charan Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|

:Ministry of Rural Development (India)

History

Departments

=Department of Rural Development=

=Department of Land Resources=

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State

References

External links