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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.
She was appointed the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in November 2014. [2] On 30 May 2019, she was appointed Minister of state in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. She represents the Fatehpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha, after winning in the 2014 general election. [3]
The term rural development is not limited to issues of developing countries. In fact many developed countries have very active rural development programs. [citation needed] Rural development aims at finding ways to improve rural lives with the participation of rural people themselves, so as to meet the required needs of rural communities. [20]
An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister for agriculture.
The PMGSY is under the authority of the Ministry of Rural Development and was begun on 25 December 2000. [6] It is fully funded by the central government. During November 2015, following the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission, the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, it was announced that the project will be funded by both the central ...
Ministry of Rural Development (India) See also. List of agriculture ministries This page was last edited on 12 November 2024, at 00:10 (UTC). Text is available under ...
He is the former Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. He has been Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Minister of Mines and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of India during different periods of the First and Second Modi ministry. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
In July 2021, he became Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj in Second Modi ministry after the cabinet reshuffle replacing Narendra Singh Tomar. [10] In the Lok Sabha election 2024, Singh has won from Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency for the second time, defeating Awadhesh Kumar Rai by 81.480 votes.