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$15 billion) (2020-21 est.)
Ministers responsible	Narendra Singh Tomar, Cabinet Minister; Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State;
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 health, education, drinking water, housing and roads.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.

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 Narendra Singh Tomar, 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

Ministers

№	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	Jagjivan Ram	7 December 1956	10 April 1962
6	Swaran Singh	10 April 1962	21 September 1963
7	H. C. Dasappa	21 September 1963	8 June 1964
8	S. K. Patil	9 June 1964	12 March 1967
9	C. M. Poonacha	13 March 1967 and	14 February 1969
10	Ram Subhag Singh	14 February 1969	4 November 1969
11	Panampilli Govinda Menon	4 November 1969	18 February 1970
12	Gulzarilal Nanda	18 February 1970	17 March 1971
13	K. Hanumanthaiya	18 March 1971	22 July 1972
14	T. A. Pai	23 July 1972	4 February 1973
15	Lalit Narayan Mishra	5 February 1973	2 January 1975
16	Kamalapati Tripathi	11 February 1975	23 March 1977
17	Madhu Dandavate	26 March 1977	28 July 1979
18	Rao Birendra Singh	30 July 1979	13 January 1980
19	Harinath Mishra	1980	1980
20	Kamalapati Tripathi	14 January 1980	12 November 1980
21	Mohsina Kidwai	1980	1980
22	Kedar Pandey	12 November 1980	14 January 1982
23	Buta Singh	1982	1982
24	Prakash Chandra Sethi	15 January 1982	2 September 1982
25	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	2 September 1982	31 December 1984
26	Bansi Lal	31 December 1984	4 June 1986
27	Mohsina Kidwai	24 June 1986	21 October 1986
28	Madhavrao Scindia	22 October 1986	1 December 1989
29	George Fernandes	5 December 1989	10 November 1990
30	Upendra Nath Verma	1990	1990
31	Janeshwar Mishra	1990	1990
32	P. V. Narasimha Rao	1991	1991
33	C. K. Jaffer Sharief	21 June 1991	16 October 1995
34	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu	1995	1996
35	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	19 March 1998
36	Nitish Kumar	19 March 1998	5 August 1999
37	Ram Naik	6 August 1999	12 October 1999
38	Mamata Banerjee	13 October 1999	15 March 2001
39	Jagannath Mishra	2001	2002
40	M. Venkaiah Naidu	2002	2003
41	Lalu Prasad Yadav	2004	2005
42	Babagouda Patil	2005	2006
43	Shanta Kumar	2006	2007
44	Ananth Kumar	2007	2007
45	Kashiram Rana	2007	2007
46	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	2008	2009
47	Vilasrao Deshmukh	2009	2011
48	Dinesh Trivedi	12 July 2011	14 March 2012
49	Mukul Roy	20 March 2012	21 September 2012
50	C. P. Joshi	22 September 2012	28 October 2012
51	Pawan Kumar Bansal	28 October 2012	10 May 2013
52	Jairam Ramesh	2013	2013
53	Gopinath Munde	2013	2013
54	Mallikarjun Kharge	17 June 2013	25 May 2014
55	Nitin Gadkari	26 May 2014	9 November 2014
56	Birender Singh	10 November 2014	2016
57	Piyush Goyal	2016	2016
58	Narendra Singh Tomar	2016	Incumbent

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

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)
^ "No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister". Business Standard. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ "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] "No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister". Business Standard. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[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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