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{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| type           = Department
|type         = Department
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|seal            = Emblem_of_India.svg
| seal_width      = 70px
|seal_width      = 70px
| jurisdiction    = [[Republic of India]]
|jurisdiction    = [[Republic of India]]
| headquarters    = [[Krishi Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
|headquarters    = [[Krishi Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| budget          = {{INRConvert|122398|c}} <small>(2020-21 est.)</small> <ref>{{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 |format=PDF}}</ref>
|budget          = {{INRConvert|122398|c}} <small>(2020-21 est.)</small> <ref>{{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 |format=PDF}}</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Giriraj Singh]]
|minister1_name  = [[Giriraj Singh]]
| minister1_pfo  = Cabinet Minister
|minister1_pfo  = Cabinet Minister
| minister2_name  = [[Niranjan Jyoti|Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti]]
|minister2_name  = [[Niranjan Jyoti|Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti]]
| minister2_pfo   = Minister of State
|minister2_pfo  = Minister of State
| minister3_name  = Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste
|website        = {{url|http://rural.nic.in}}
| minister3_pfo   = Minister of State
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |title=Archived copy |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 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |title=Archived copy |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 }}</ref>


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** Ease of Doing Business - Initiatives
** Ease of Doing Business - Initiatives


== Ministers: Rural Development ==
==Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
!No
!No
!Portrait
! width="200px" |Name
! width="200px" |Name
!Portrait
! colspan="3" width="100px" |Tenure
! colspan="3" width="100px" |Tenure
!Prime Minister
! colspan=2|Political Party
! colspan=2|Political Party
!Prime Minister
|- align="center"
|-
|1
|1
|
|[[Rao Birendra Singh]]
|[[Rao Birendra Singh]]
|
|20 January 1980
|20 January 1980
|29 January 1983
|29 January 1983
|{{Ayd|20 january 1980|29 january 1983}}
|{{Ayd|20 january 1980|29 january 1983}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
|-
|2
|2
|
|[[Harinath Mishra]] <br><small>(Independent Charge)</small>
|[[Harinath Mishra]] <br><small>(Independent Charge)</small>
|
|29 January 1983
|29 January 1983
|2 August 1984
|2 August 1984
|{{Ayd|29 january 1983|2 august 1984}}
|{{Ayd|29 january 1983|2 august 1984}}
|-
|- align="center"
|3
|3
|
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]] <br><small>(Independent Charge till 31 October 1984)</small>
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]] <br><small>(Independent Charge till 31 October 1984)</small>
|
|2 August 1984
|2 August 1984
|31 December 1984
|31 December 1984
|{{Ayd|2 august 1984|31 december 1984}}
|{{Ayd|2 august 1984|31 december 1984}}
|rowspan="1"| [[Indira Gandhi]] <br> [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Indira Gandhi]] <br> [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|- align="center"
|4
|4
|[[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Buta Singh]]
|[[Buta Singh]]
|[[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|90x90px]]
|31 December 1984
|31 December 1984
|25 September 1985
|25 September 1985
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|25 september 1985}}
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|25 september 1985}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|- align="center"
|5
|5
|
|[[Ramanand Yadav]]
|[[Ramanand Yadav]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
|12 May 1986
|12 May 1986
|14 February 1988
|14 February 1988
|{{Ayd|12 may 1986|14 february 1988}}
|{{Ayd|12 may 1986|14 february 1988}}
|-
|- align="center"
|6
|6
|
|[[Janardhana Poojary]]
|[[Janardhana Poojary]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
|14 February 1988
|14 February 1988
|2 December 1989
|2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|2 december 1989}}
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|2 december 1989}}
|-
|- align="center"
|7
|7
|
| [[Upendra Nath Verma]]
| [[Upendra Nath Verma]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
| 23 April 1990
| 23 April 1990
| 10 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
|{{Ayd|23 april 1990|10 november 1990}}
|{{Ayd|23 april 1990|10 november 1990}}
| rowspan="1" |[[V. P. Singh]]
| rowspan="1" | [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" | [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[V. P. Singh]]
|- align="center"
|-
|8
|8
|
|[[Ram Bahadur Singh]]
|[[Ram Bahadur Singh]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
|21 November 1990
|21 November 1990
|21 June 1991
|21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" |
|bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- align="center"
|-
|9
|9
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|75x75px]]
|21 June 1991
|21 June 1991
|11 June 1995
|11 June 1995
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|11 june 1995}}
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|11 june 1995}}
| rowspan="2" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align="center"
|-
|10
|10
|
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]  
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]  
|
|11 June 1995
|11 June 1995
|16 May 1996
|16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|11 june 1995|16 may 1996}}
|{{Ayd|11 june 1995|16 may 1996}}
|-
|- align="center"
|11
|11
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|16 May 1996
|16 May 1996
|1 June 1996
|1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| rowspan="1" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align="center"
|-
|12
|12
|[[File:Yerram Naidu Kinjarapu.jpg|97x97px]]
|[[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]]
|[[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]]
|[[File:Yerram Naidu Kinjarapu.jpg|97x97px]]
|1 June 1996
|1 June 1996
|19 March 1998
|19 March 1998
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
| rowspan="1" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Telugu Desam Party]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Telugu Desam Party]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align="center"
|-
|13
|13
|
|[[Babagouda Patil]] <br><small>(Independent Charge)</small>
|[[Babagouda Patil]] <br><small>(Independent Charge)</small>
|
|20 March 1998
|20 March 1998
|13 October 1999
|13 October 1999
|{{Ayd|20 march 1998|13 october 1999}}
|{{Ayd|20 march 1998|13 october 1999}}
| rowspan="6" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="6" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align="center"
|-
|14
|14
|
|[[Sundar Lal Patwa]]
|[[Sundar Lal Patwa]]
|
|13 October 1999
|13 October 1999
|30 September 2000
|30 September 2000
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|30 september 2000}}
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|30 september 2000}}
|-
|- align="center"
|15
|15
|[[File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg|76x76px]]
|[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
|[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
|[[File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg|76x76px]]
|30 September 2000
|30 September 2000
|1 July 2002
|1 July 2002
|{{Ayd|30 september 2000|1 july 2002}}
|{{Ayd|30 september 2000|1 july 2002}}
|-
|- align="center"
|16
|16
|[[File:Shanta Kumar.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Shanta Kumar]]
|[[Shanta Kumar]]
|[[File:Shanta Kumar.jpg|94x94px]]
|1 July 2002
|1 July 2002
|6 April 2003
|6 April 2003
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|6 april 2003}}
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|6 april 2003}}
|-
|- align="center"
|17
|17
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|[[Ananth Kumar]]
|[[Ananth Kumar]]
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|6 April 2003
|6 April 2003
|24 May 2003
|24 May 2003
|{{Ayd|6 april 2003|24 may 2003}}
|{{Ayd|6 april 2003|24 may 2003}}
|-
|- align="center"
|18
|18
|[[File:Kashiram Rana.jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Kashiram Rana]]
|[[Kashiram Rana]]
|[[File:Kashiram Rana.jpg|90x90px]]
|24 May 2003
|24 May 2003
|22 May 2004
|22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|24 may 2003|22 may 2004}}
|{{Ayd|24 may 2003|22 may 2004}}
|-
|- align="center"
|19
|19
|[[File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg|107x107px]]
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
|[[File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg|107x107px]]
|23 May 2004
|23 May 2004
|22 May 2009
|22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|22 may 2009}}
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|22 may 2009}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align="center"
|-
|20
|20
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[C. P. Joshi]]
|[[C. P. Joshi]]
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|103x103px]]
|28 May 2009
|28 May 2009
|19 January 2011
|19 January 2011
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| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|- align="center"
|21
|21
|[[File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
|[[File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg|94x94px]]
|19 January 2011
|19 January 2011
|12 July 2011
|12 July 2011
|{{Ayd|19 january 2011|12 july 2011}}
|{{Ayd|19 january 2011|12 july 2011}}
|-
|- align="center"
|22
|22
|[[File:Jairam ramesh.jpg|93x93px]]
|[[Jairam Ramesh]]
|[[Jairam Ramesh]]
|[[File:Jairam ramesh.jpg|93x93px]]
|13 July 2011
|13 July 2011
|26 May 2014
|26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|13 july 2011|26 may 2014}}
|{{Ayd|13 july 2011|26 may 2014}}
|-
|- align="center"
|23
|23
|[[File:Gopinath Munde.jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Gopinath Munde]]
|[[Gopinath Munde]]
|[[File:Gopinath Munde.jpg|90x90px]]
|26 May 2014  
|26 May 2014  
|3 June 2014
|3 June 2014
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|3 june 2014}}
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|3 june 2014}}
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="5" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="5" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|- align="center"
|-
|24
|24
|[[File:Nitin J Gadkari.JPG|91x91px]]
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|[[File:Nitin J Gadkari.JPG|91x91px]]
|3 June 2014
|3 June 2014
|9 November 2014
|9 November 2014
|{{Ayd|3 june 2014|9 november 2014}}
|{{Ayd|3 june 2014|9 november 2014}}
|-
|- align="center"
|25
|25
|[[File:The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation (7).jpg|81x81px]]
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation (7).jpg|81x81px]]
|9 November 2014
|9 November 2014
|5 July 2016
|5 July 2016
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|5 july 2016}}
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|5 july 2016}}
|-
|- align="center"
|26
|26
|[[File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Urban Development (cropped).jpg|77x77px]]
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]  
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]  
|[[File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Urban Development (cropped).jpg|77x77px]]
|5 July 2016
|5 July 2016
|7 July 2021
|7 July 2021
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|7 july 2021}}
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|7 july 2021}}
|-
|- align="center"
|27
|27
|[[File:The Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (IC), Shri Giriraj Singh addressing at the launch of the New Dress Code for Postman and Multi-Tasking Personnel of Department of Posts, in New Delhi.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Giriraj Singh]]  
|[[Giriraj Singh]]  
|[[File:The Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (IC), Shri Giriraj Singh addressing at the launch of the New Dress Code for Postman and Multi-Tasking Personnel of Department of Posts, in New Delhi.jpg|75x75px]]
|7 July 2021
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|}
|}


==Ministers of State==
==Ministers of State==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
!N
!Portrait
!Name
! width="200px" |Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! colspan="3" width="100px" |Tenure
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
!Prime Minister
|1
! colspan="2" |Political Party
|[[Asaf Ali]]
|- align="center"
|2 September 1946
|[[File:Upendra kushwaha.jpg|94x94px]]
|14 August 1947
|[[Upendra Kushwaha]]
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|2
|[[John Mathai]]
|15 August 1947
|22 September 1948
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|3
|[[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]]
|22 September 1948
|13 May 1952
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|4
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|13 May 1952
|7 December 1956
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|5
|[[C. M. Poonacha]]
|13 March 1967
|14 February 1969
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|6
|[[Ram Subhag Singh]]
|14 February 1969
|4 November 1969
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|7
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|18 February 1970
|17 March 1971
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|8
|[[T. A. Pai]]
|23 July 1972
|4 February 1973
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|9
|[[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]
|5 February 1973
|2 January 1975
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|10
|[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
|11 February 1975
|23 March 1977
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|11
|[[Madhu Dandavate]]
|26 March 1977
|28 July 1979
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|12
|[[Rao Birendra Singh]]
|30 July 1979
|13 January 1980
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|13
|[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
|14 January 1980
|12 November 1980
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|14
|[[Kedar Pandey]]
|12 November 1980
|14 January 1982
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|15
|[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
|15 January 1982
|2 September 1982
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|16
|[[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]
|2 September 1982
|31 December 1984
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|17
|[[Bansi Lal]]
|31 December 1984
|4 June 1986
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|18
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]]
|24 June 1986
|21 October 1986
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|19
|[[Madhavrao Scindia]]
|22 October 1986
|1 December 1989
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|20
|[[George Fernandes]]
|5 December 1989
|10 November 1990
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|21
|[[Janeshwar Mishra]]
|1990
|1991
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|22
|[[ C. K. Jaffer Sharief]]
|21 June 1991
|16 October 1995
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|23
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|1 June 1996
|19 March 1998
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|24
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|19 March 1998
|5 August 1999
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|25
|[[Ram Naik]]
|6 August 1999
|12 October 1999
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|26
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|13 October 1999
|15 March 2001
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|27
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]
|2001
|2002
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|28
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|2004
|2005
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|29
|[[Dinesh Trivedi]]
|12 July 2011
|14 March 2012
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
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|[[Mukul Roy]]
|20 March 2012
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|[[C. P. Joshi]]
|22 September 2012
|28 October 2012
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|[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
|28 October 2012
|10 May 2013
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|[[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
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|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
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|9 November 2014
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| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
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|10 November 2014
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|2016
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|[[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
|9 November 2014
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|[[File:The Minister of State for Rural Development, Shri Ram Kripal Yadav addressing the media after taking charge in his office, in New Delhi on July 08, 2016.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|2016
|5 July 2016
|2016
|30 May 2019
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|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti addressing at the concluding ceremony of the World Food India-2017, organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in New Delhi.jpg|75x75px]]
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|[[Niranjan Jyoti]]
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|2019
|30 May 2019
|Incumbent
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|[[File:Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste taking charge as the Minister of State for Steel, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]
|7 July 2021
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)]]
* [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)]]

Revision as of 18:45, 14 November 2021

Ministry of Rural Development
Department overview
JurisdictionRepublic of India
HeadquartersKrishi Bhavan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹122,398 crore (US$17 billion) (2020-21 est.) [1]
Ministers responsible
Websiterural.nic.in

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]

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]

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
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
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 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 5 years, 39 days

Ministers of State

Portrait 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 7 years, 77 days
Faggan Singh Kulaste 7 July 2021 5 years, 39 days

See also

References

  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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