Ministry of Rural Development (India)

Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry overview
Formed	20 January 1980
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
Annual budget	₹159,964 crore (US$20 billion) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Minister responsible	Giriraj Singh[2], Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti[2], Minister of State for Rural Development; Faggan Singh Kulaste[2], Minister of State for Rural Development;
Ministry executive	Shailesh Kumar Singh[2], Secretary of Department of Rural Development;
Website	rural.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 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.[3]

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:[4]

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.[5]

Department of Land Resources

The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs:[6]

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

Key: ^† Died in office

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Rural Reconstruction
	Bhanu Pratap Singh (born 1935) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	168 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan	Charan Singh
	Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh	20 January 1980	23 January 1982	2 years, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
Minister of Rural Development
	Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh	23 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 6 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
	Harinath Mishra MP for Darbhanga (MoS, I/C)	29 January 1983	2 August 1984	1 year, 186 days
	Mohsina Kidwai (born 1932) MP for Meerut (MoS, I/C until 31 October 1984)	2 August 1984	31 October 1984	90 days
		4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
	Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP for Jalore	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv II	Rajiv Gandhi
Merged as Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture.
Minister of Rural Development
	P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	21 June 1991	11 June 1995	3 years, 355 days	Indian National Congress	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Minister of Rural Areas and Employment
	Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)	11 June 1995	16 May 1996	340 days	Indian National Congress	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (1957–2012) MP for Srikakulam	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 291 days	Telugu Desam Party	Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda
	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (1957–2012) MP for Srikakulam	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 291 days	Telugu Desam Party	Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
	Babagouda Patil (1945–2021) MP for Belgavi (MoS, I/C)	20 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 207 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Sundar Lal Patwa (1924–2016) MP for Narmadapuram	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days		Vajpayee III
	M. Venkaiah Naidu (born 1949) MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	1 year, 274 days
	Shanta Kumar (born 1934) MP for Kangra	1 July 2002	6 April 2003	279 days
	Ananth Kumar (1959–2018) MP for Bangalore South	6 April 2003	24 May 2003	48 days
	Kashiram Rana (1938–2012) MP for Surat	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1946–2020) MP for Vaishali	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
	C. P. Joshi (born 1950) MP for Bhilwara	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Manmohan II
	Vilasrao Deshmukh (1945–2012) MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
	Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	12 July 2011	26 May 2014	2 years, 318 days
	Gopinath Munde (1949–2014) MP for Beed	27 May 2014	3 June 2014^[†]	7 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
	Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP for Nagpur	4 June 2014	9 November 2014	158 days
	Birender Singh (born 1946) MP for Haryana (Rajya Sabha)	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
	Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP for Gwalior (until 2019) MP for Morena (from 2019)	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	5 years, 2 days
		31 May 2019	7 July 2021	5 years, 2 days		Modi II
	Giriraj Singh (born 1957) MP for Begusarai	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 113 days		Modi II

Ministers of State

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of State for Rural Reconstruction
	R. V. Swaminathan MP for Sivaganga	24 November 1980	23 January 1982	2 years, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
	Baleshwar Ram (1928–2015) MP for Rosera	16 January 1982	23 January 1982	7 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Rural Development
	R. V. Swaminathan MP for Sivaganga	23 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 6 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
	Baleshwar Ram (1928–2015) MP for Rosera	23 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 6 days		Indira III	Indira Gandhi
	G. Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 42 days		Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Uttambhai Patel (1927–2018) MP for Valsad	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 42 days
	G. Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli (Rural Development)	2 July 1992	18 January 1993	200 days
	Uttambhai Patel (1927–2018) MP for Valsad (Rural Development)	2 July 1992	11 June 1995	2 years, 344 days
	Colonel (Retd.) Rao Ram Singh (1925–2012) MP for Mahendragarh (Wasteland Development)	2 July 1992	11 June 1995	2 years, 344 days
	Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) (Rural Development)	18 January 1993	22 December 1994	1 year, 338 days
Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment
	Uttambhai Patel (1927–2018) MP for Valsad (Rural Development)	11 June 1995	16 May 1996	340 days	Indian National Congress	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
	Colonel (Retd.) Rao Ram Singh (1925–2012) MP for Mahendragarh (Wasteland Development)	11 June 1995	30 March 1996	293 days
	Vilas Muttemwar (born 1949) MP for Nagpur (Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
	Chandradeo Prasad Verma (1921–2005) MP for Arrah	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 291 days	Telugu Desam Party	Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda
	Chandradeo Prasad Verma (1921–2005) MP for Arrah	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 291 days	Telugu Desam Party	Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
Minister of State for Rural Development
	A. Raja (born 1963) MP for Perambalur	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vajpayee III	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Subhash Maharia (born 1957) MP for Sikar	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	3 years, 108 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Rita Verma (born 1953) MP for Dhanbad	30 September 2000	1 September 2001	336 days
	Annasaheb M. K. Patil (born 1939) MP for Erandol	1 September 2001	22 May 2004	2 years, 264 days
	Krishnam Raju (1940–2022) MP for Narasapuram	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
	Suryakanta Patil (born 1948) MP for Hingoli	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
	Ale Narendra (1946–2014) MP for Medak	23 May 2004	24 August 2006	2 years, 93 days	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Chandra Sekhar Sahu (born 1950) MP for Berhampur	24 October 2006	22 May 2009	2 years, 210 days	Indian National Congress
	Pradeep Jain Aditya (born 1962) MP for Jhansi	28 May 2009	26 May 2014	4 years, 363 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
	Sisir Adhikari (born 1941) MP for Kanthi	28 May 2009	22 September 2012	3 years, 117 days	All India Trinamool Congress
	Agatha Sangma (born 1980) MP for Tura	28 May 2009	27 October 2012	3 years, 152 days	Nationalist Congress Party
	Lalchand Kataria (born 1968) MP for Jaipur Rural	31 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 146 days	Indian National Congress
	Upendra Kushwaha (born 1960) MP for Karakat	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
	Sudarshan Bhagat (born 1969) MP for Lohardaga	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Ram Kripal Yadav (born 1957) MP for Pataliputra	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
	Niranjan Jyoti (born 1967) MP for Fatehpur	31 May 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 150 days		Modi II
	Faggan Singh Kulaste (born 1959) MP for Mandla	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 113 days		Modi II

References

"Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.
"Who's who". Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
"About the Ministry :: Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. Of India)". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
"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.

[rural.nic.in-2] "Who's who". Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

[3] "About the Ministry :: Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. Of India)". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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

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

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

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