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{{Infobox government agency
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| jurisdiction    = [[Republic of India]]
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| 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  = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
| 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
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| minister3_name  = Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste
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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, drinking water, 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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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>


On 5 July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the Narendra Modi ministry, [[Narendra Singh Tomar]] replaced [[Chaudhary Birender Singh]] as the Minister of Rural Development.<ref>{{cite web|title=No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/no-more-a-people-ministry-for-birender-singh-now-the-steel-minister-116070700006_1.html|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=8 July 2016|date=6 July 2016}}</ref>
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==
==Departments==
The ministry has two departments: Department of Rural Development and 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.
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===
===Department of Rural Development===
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* [[National Institute of Rural Development]] (NIRD)
* [[National Institute of Rural Development]] (NIRD)
* National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA)
* 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 Narendra Singh Tomar, and the Secretary is Subrahmanyam Vijay Kumar.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


===Department of Land Resources===
===Department of Land Resources===
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== Ministers: Rural Development ==
== Ministers: Rural Development ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
!No
! width="200px" |Name
! width="200px" |Name
! colspan="2" width="100px" |Tenure
!Portrait
! colspan="3" width="100px" |Tenure
! colspan=2|Political Party
! colspan=2|Political Party
!Prime Minister
!Prime Minister
|-
|-
|[[Rao Birendra Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
|1
|[[Rao Birendra Singh]]
|
|20 January 1980
|20 January 1980
|29 January 1983
|29 January 1983
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|{{Ayd|20 january 1980|29 january 1983}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
|[[Harinath Mishra]] <br> ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|2
|[[Harinath Mishra]] <br><small>(Independent Charge)</small>
|
|29 January 1983
|29 January 1983
|02 August 1984
|2 August 1984
|{{Ayd|29 january 1983|2 august 1984}}
|-
|-
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]] <br> ''(MoS, Independent Charge till 31 October 1984)''
|3
|02 August 1984
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]] <br><small>(Independent Charge till 31 October 1984)</small>
|
|2 August 1984
|31 December 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]]
|-
|-
|4
|[[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
|rowspan="1"|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|25 september 1985}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|-
|5
|[[Ramanand Yadav]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
|12 May 1986
|14 February 1988
|{{Ayd|12 may 1986|14 february 1988}}
|-
|6
|[[Janardhana Poojary]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
|14 February 1988
|2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|2 december 1989}}
|-
|7
| [[Upendra Nath Verma]]
| [[Upendra Nath Verma]]
| 21 April 1990
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
| 23 April 1990
| 10 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
| rowspan="1"| [[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
|{{Ayd|23 april 1990|10 november 1990}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" | [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1"| [[V. P. Singh]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|8
|[[Ram Bahadur Singh]]
<small>(MoS in Agriculture {{En dash}} Dept of Rural Development)</small>
|
|21 November 1990
|21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|-
|9
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|12 June 1991
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|75x75px]]
|21 June 1991
|11 June 1995
|11 June 1995
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|11 june 1995}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|-
|[[Jagannath Mishra]] <br> ''(Minister of Rural Areas and Employment)''
|10
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]  
|
|11 June 1995
|11 June 1995
|16 May 1996
|16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|11 june 1995|16 may 1996}}
|-
|-
|11
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|16 May 1996
|16 May 1996
|01 June 1996
|1 June 1996
|rowspan="1"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="1"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
|[[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]]  
|12
|01 June 1996
|[[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]]
|[[File:Yerram Naidu Kinjarapu.jpg|97x97px]]
|1 June 1996
|19 March 1998
|19 March 1998
|rowspan="1"|[[Telugu Desam Party]]<br /><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" |[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|rowspan="1"|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|-
|[[Babagouda Patil]] <br> ''(Minister of Rural Development)''<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|13
|19 March 1998
|[[Babagouda Patil]] <br><small>(Independent Charge)</small>
|
|20 March 1998
|13 October 1999
|13 October 1999
|rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|20 march 1998|13 october 1999}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=6|
| rowspan="6" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="6"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="6" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
|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}}
|-
|-
|15
|[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
|[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
|[[File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg|76x76px]]
|30 September 2000
|30 September 2000
|01 July 2002
|1 July 2002
|{{Ayd|30 september 2000|1 july 2002}}
|-
|-
|16
|[[Shanta Kumar]]
|[[Shanta Kumar]]
|01 July 2002
|[[File:Shanta Kumar.jpg|94x94px]]
|06 April 2003
|1 July 2002
|6 April 2003
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|6 april 2003}}
|-
|-
|17
|[[Ananth Kumar]]
|[[Ananth Kumar]]
|06 April 2003
|[[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
|24 May 2003
|24 May 2003
|{{Ayd|6 april 2003|24 may 2003}}
|-
|-
|18
|[[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}}
|-
|-
|19
|[[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
|rowspan=1|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|22 may 2009}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
|[[C. P. Joshi]]  
|20
|[[C. P. Joshi]]
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|103x103px]]
|28 May 2009
|28 May 2009
|19 January 2011
|19 January 2011
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|19 january 2011}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|-
|21
|[[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}}
|-
|-
|[[Jairam Ramesh]]  
|22
|[[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}}
|-
|-
|23
|[[Gopinath Munde]]
|[[Gopinath Munde]]
|[[File:Gopinath Munde.jpg|90x90px]]
|26 May 2014  
|26 May 2014  
|03 June 2014
|3 June 2014
|rowspan=4|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|3 june 2014}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan="5" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="5" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]  
|24
|03 June 2014
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|09 November 2014
|[[File:Nitin J Gadkari.JPG|91x91px]]
|3 June 2014
|9 November 2014
|{{Ayd|3 june 2014|9 november 2014}}
|-
|-
|25
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|09 November 2014
|[[File:The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation (7).jpg|81x81px]]
|05 July 2016
|9 November 2014
|5 July 2016
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|5 july 2016}}
|-
|-
|26
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]  
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]  
|05 July 2016
|[[File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Urban Development (cropped).jpg|77x77px]]
|Incumbent
|5 July 2016
|7 July 2021
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|7 july 2021}}
|-
|27
|[[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
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|}
|}


==Ministers of State==
==Ministers of State==
* [[Niranjan Jyoti]] (31 May 2019)
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
 
!N
 
!Name
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}{{Railway Ministers of India}}
! colspan="2" |Term of office
 
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
*
|1
|[[Asaf Ali]]
|2 September 1946
|14 August 1947
|- 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;"
|30
|[[Mukul Roy]]
|20 March 2012
|21 September 2012
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|31
|[[C. P. Joshi]]
|22 September 2012
|28 October 2012
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|32
|[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
|28 October 2012
|10 May 2013
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|33
|[[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
|17 June 2013
|25 May 2014
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|34
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|26 May 2014
|9 November 2014
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
|35
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|10 November 2014
|2016
|-
|36
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|2016
|2016
|-
|37
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
|2016
|2019
|-
|38
|[[Niranjan Jyoti]]
|2019
|Incumbent
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 20:25, 6 September 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: Rural Development

No Name Portrait Tenure Political Party Prime Minister
1 Rao Birendra Singh 20 January 1980 29 January 1983 3 years, 9 days Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
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 Janata Dal V. P. Singh
8 Ram Bahadur Singh

(MoS in Agriculture – Dept of Rural Development)

21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
9 P. V. Narasimha Rao 21 June 1991 11 June 1995 3 years, 355 days Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
10 Jagannath Mishra 11 June 1995 16 May 1996 340 days
11 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
12 Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 291 days Telugu Desam Party H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
13 Babagouda Patil
(Independent Charge) 		20 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 207 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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 Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan Singh
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 Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi
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

N Name Term of office
1 Asaf Ali 2 September 1946 14 August 1947
2 John Mathai 15 August 1947 22 September 1948
3 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 22 September 1948 13 May 1952
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri 13 May 1952 7 December 1956
5 C. M. Poonacha 13 March 1967 14 February 1969
6 Ram Subhag Singh 14 February 1969 4 November 1969
7 Gulzarilal Nanda 18 February 1970 17 March 1971
8 T. A. Pai 23 July 1972 4 February 1973
9 Lalit Narayan Mishra 5 February 1973 2 January 1975
10 Kamalapati Tripathi 11 February 1975 23 March 1977
11 Madhu Dandavate 26 March 1977 28 July 1979
12 Rao Birendra Singh 30 July 1979 13 January 1980
13 Kamalapati Tripathi 14 January 1980 12 November 1980
14 Kedar Pandey 12 November 1980 14 January 1982
15 Prakash Chandra Sethi 15 January 1982 2 September 1982
16 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 2 September 1982 31 December 1984
17 Bansi Lal 31 December 1984 4 June 1986
18 Mohsina Kidwai 24 June 1986 21 October 1986
19 Madhavrao Scindia 22 October 1986 1 December 1989
20 George Fernandes 5 December 1989 10 November 1990
21 Janeshwar Mishra 1990 1991
22 C. K. Jaffer Sharief 21 June 1991 16 October 1995
23 Ram Vilas Paswan 1 June 1996 19 March 1998
24 Nitish Kumar 19 March 1998 5 August 1999
25 Ram Naik 6 August 1999 12 October 1999
26 Mamata Banerjee 13 October 1999 15 March 2001
27 Jagannath Mishra 2001 2002
28 Lalu Prasad Yadav 2004 2005
29 Dinesh Trivedi 12 July 2011 14 March 2012
30 Mukul Roy 20 March 2012 21 September 2012
31 C. P. Joshi 22 September 2012 28 October 2012
32 Pawan Kumar Bansal 28 October 2012 10 May 2013
33 Mallikarjun Kharge 17 June 2013 25 May 2014
34 Nitin Gadkari 26 May 2014 9 November 2014
35 Birender Singh 10 November 2014 2016
36 Ram Kripal Yadav 2016 2016
37 Narendra Singh Tomar 2016 2019
38 Niranjan Jyoti 2019 Incumbent

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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