Ministry of Rural Development (India)

Ministry of Rural Development
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
Annual budget	₹122,398 crore (US$17 billion) (2020-21 est.)
Ministers responsible	Giriraj Singh, Cabinet Minister; Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State;
Website	rural.nic.in

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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 health, education, piped drinking water, public housing and roads.^[2]

On 7 July 2021, during the first cabinet reshuffle of the Second Modi ministry, Giriraj Singh replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister 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:^[3]

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.^[4]

Department of Land Resources

The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs:^[5]

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

Ministers

No	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Prime Minister	Political Party
1		Rao Birendra Singh	20 January 1980	29 January 1983	3 years, 9 days	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress
2		Harinath Mishra (Independent Charge)	29 January 1983	2 August 1984	1 year, 186 days	Indira Gandhi
3		Mohsina Kidwai (Independent Charge till 31 October 1984)	2 August 1984	31 December 1984	151 days	Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
4		Buta Singh	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days	Rajiv Gandhi
5		Ramanand Yadav (MoS in Agriculture – Dept of Rural Development)	12 May 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 278 days
6		Janardhana Poojary (MoS in Agriculture – Dept of Rural Development)	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
7		Upendra Nath Verma (MoS in Agriculture – Dept of Rural Development)	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	V. P. Singh	Janata Dal
8		Ram Bahadur Singh (MoS in Agriculture – Dept of Rural Development)	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Chandra Shekhar	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
9		P. V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991	11 June 1995	3 years, 355 days	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Indian National Congress
10		Jagannath Mishra	11 June 1995	16 May 1996	340 days	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Indian National Congress
11		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
12		Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	1 year, 291 days	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral	Telugu Desam Party
13		Babagouda Patil (Independent Charge)	20 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 207 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
14		Sundar Lal Patwa	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days
15		M. Venkaiah Naidu	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	1 year, 274 days
16		Shanta Kumar	1 July 2002	6 April 2003	279 days
17		Ananth Kumar	6 April 2003	24 May 2003	48 days
18	File:Kashiram Rana.jpg	Kashiram Rana	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
19		Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Manmohan Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
20		C. P. Joshi	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Indian National Congress
21		Vilasrao Deshmukh	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
22		Jairam Ramesh	13 July 2011	26 May 2014	2 years, 317 days
23		Gopinath Munde	26 May 2014	3 June 2014	8 days	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
24		Nitin Gadkari	3 June 2014	9 November 2014	159 days
25		Birender Singh	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
26		Narendra Singh Tomar	5 July 2016	7 July 2021	5 years, 2 days
27		Giriraj Singh	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 293 days

Ministers of State

Name	Tenure			Prime Minister	Political Party
Upendra Kushwaha	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Narendra Modi	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
Sudarshan Bhagat	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ram Kripal Yadav	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
Niranjan Jyoti	30 May 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 331 days
Faggan Singh Kulaste	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 293 days

References

↑ "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Overview". Department of Rural Development. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
↑ "TERI: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development - India". www.teriin.org.
↑ "Schemes". Department of Land Resources. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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[1] "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Overview". Department of Rural Development. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[4] "TERI: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development - India". www.teriin.org.

[5] "Schemes". Department of Land Resources. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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