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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] |
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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 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.
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.
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]
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]
The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs: [6]
# | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
Minister of Rural Reconstruction | |||||||||
1 | 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 | ||
2 | Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh | 20 January 1980 | 23 January 1982 | 2 years, 3 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
Minister of Rural Development | |||||||||
(2) | Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh | 23 January 1982 | 29 January 1983 | 1 year, 6 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
3 | Harinath Mishra MP for Darbhanga (MoS, I/C) | 29 January 1983 | 2 August 1984 | 1 year, 186 days | |||||
4 | 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 | |||||
5 | Buta Singh (1934–2021) MP for Jalore | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Rajiv II | ||||
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 (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
Minister of Rural Areas and Employment | |||||||||
6 | Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) | 11 June 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 340 days | Indian National Congress (I) | 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 | ||
7 | 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 | ||
21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
8 | 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 | ||
9 | Sundar Lal Patwa (1924–2016) MP for Narmadapuram | 13 October 1999 | 30 September 2000 | 353 days | Vajpayee III | ||||
10 | M. Venkaiah Naidu (born 1949) MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) | 30 September 2000 | 1 July 2002 | 1 year, 274 days | |||||
11 | Shanta Kumar (born 1934) MP for Kangra | 1 July 2002 | 6 April 2003 | 279 days | |||||
12 | Ananth Kumar (1959–2018) MP for Bangalore South | 6 April 2003 | 24 May 2003 | 48 days | |||||
13 | Kashiram Rana (1938–2012) MP for Surat | 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 364 days | |||||
14 | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1946–2020) MP for Vaishali | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 364 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
15 | C. P. Joshi (born 1950) MP for Bhilwara | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | |||
16 | Vilasrao Deshmukh (1945–2012) MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha) | 19 January 2011 | 12 July 2011 | 174 days | |||||
17 | Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) MP for Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C) | 12 July 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 2 years, 318 days | |||||
18 | Gopinath Munde (1949–2014) MP for Beed | 27 May 2014 | 3 June 2014 [†] | 7 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
19 | Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP for Nagpur | 4 June 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 158 days | |||||
20 | Birender Singh (born 1946) MP for Haryana (Rajya Sabha) | 9 November 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 1 year, 239 days | |||||
21 | 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 | Modi II | |||||||
22 | Giriraj Singh (born 1957) MP for Begusarai | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 261 days | |||||
# | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department) | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
Minister of State for Rural Reconstruction | |||||||||
1 | R. V. Swaminathan MP for Sivaganga | 24 November 1980 | 23 January 1982 | 2 years, 3 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
2 | Baleshwar Ram (1928–2015) MP for Rosera | 16 January 1982 | 23 January 1982 | 7 days | |||||
Minister of State for Rural Development | |||||||||
(1) | R. V. Swaminathan MP for Sivaganga | 23 January 1982 | 29 January 1983 | 1 year, 6 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
(2) | Baleshwar Ram (1928–2015) MP for Rosera | 23 January 1982 | 29 January 1983 | 1 year, 6 days | |||||
Minister of State for Rural Development | |||||||||
3 | Gaddam Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli | 21 June 1991 | 2 July 1992 | 1 year, 42 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
4 | Uttambhai Patel (1927–2018) MP for Valsad | 21 June 1991 | 2 July 1992 | 1 year, 42 days | |||||
5 | Gaddam Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli (Rural Development) | 2 July 1992 | 18 January 1993 | 200 days | |||||
6 | Uttambhai Patel (1927–2018) MP for Valsad (Rural Development) | 2 July 1992 | 11 June 1995 | 2 years, 344 days | |||||
7 | Colonel (Retd.) Rao Ram Singh (1925–2012) MP for Mahendragarh (Wasteland Development) | 2 July 1992 | 11 June 1995 | 2 years, 344 days | |||||
8 | 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 | |||||||||
(6) | Uttambhai Patel (1927–2018) MP for Valsad (Rural Development) | 11 June 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 340 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
(7) | Colonel (Retd.) Rao Ram Singh (1925–2012) MP for Mahendragarh (Wasteland Development) | 11 June 1995 | 30 March 1996 | 293 days | |||||
9 | Vilas Muttemwar (born 1949) MP for Nagpur (Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation) | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 244 days | |||||
10 | 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 | ||
21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
Minister of State for Rural Development | |||||||||
11 | A. Raja (born 1963) MP for Perambalur | 13 October 1999 | 30 September 2000 | 353 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
12 | Subhash Maharia (born 1957) MP for Sikar | 13 October 1999 | 29 January 2003 | 3 years, 108 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
13 | Rita Verma (born 1953) MP for Dhanbad | 30 September 2000 | 1 September 2001 | 336 days | |||||
14 | Annasaheb M. K. Patil (born 1939) MP for Erandol | 1 September 2001 | 22 May 2004 | 2 years, 264 days | |||||
15 | Krishnam Raju (1940–2022) MP for Narasapuram | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | |||||
16 | Suryakanta Patil (born 1948) MP for Hingoli | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 364 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
17 | Ale Narendra (1946–2014) MP for Medak | 23 May 2004 | 24 August 2006 | 2 years, 93 days | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | ||||
18 | Chandra Sekhar Sahu (born 1950) MP for Berhampur | 24 October 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 2 years, 210 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
19 | Pradeep Jain Aditya (born 1962) MP for Jhansi | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 363 days | Manmohan II | ||||
20 | Sisir Adhikari (born 1941) MP for Kanthi | 28 May 2009 | 22 September 2012 | 3 years, 117 days | All India Trinamool Congress | ||||
21 | Agatha Sangma (born 1980) MP for Tura | 28 May 2009 | 27 October 2012 | 3 years, 152 days | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
22 | Lalchand Kataria (born 1968) MP for Jaipur Rural | 31 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 146 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
23 | Upendra Kushwaha (born 1960) MP for Karakat | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
24 | Sudarshan Bhagat (born 1969) MP for Lohardaga | 9 November 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 1 year, 239 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
25 | Ram Kripal Yadav (born 1957) MP for Pataliputra | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | |||||
26 | Niranjan Jyoti (born 1967) MP for Fatehpur | 31 May 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 298 days | Modi II | ||||
27 | Faggan Singh Kulaste (born 1959) MP for Mandla | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 261 days | |||||
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