Rural Development Ministry

January 22, 2026 6:34 PM

Centre sanctions over 10,000 km of rural roads across six states under PMGSY-IV

The Centre has sanctioned more than 10,000 kilometres of rural road projects for Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-IV (PMGSY-IV), marking a major step towards strengthening rural infrastructure and inclusive development. According to the Ministry of Rural Development, the newly approved projects will provide road connectivity to nearly 3,270 habitations that were previously cut off from all-weather a...

January 14, 2026 3:41 PM

Rural Development Ministry launches national campaign to boost women-led enterprises

The Ministry of Rural Development has launched a National Campaign on Entrepreneurship to boost rural women-led enterprises and support the government's Lakhpati Didi initiative. The campaign, launched on January 12, aims to train 50,000 Community Resource Persons (CRPs) in enterprise promotion and provide Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) training to 50 lakh women Self Help Group (SHG) members under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). M...

January 8, 2026 12:42 PM

Department of Posts, Rural Development Ministry sign MoU to boost financial inclusion and livelihoods in villages

In a step towards accelerating rural transformation, the Department of Posts (DoP) and the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen financial inclusion, promote livelihoods and enhance logistics and digital services for Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and rural households across the country. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Union Mi...

June 15, 2025 4:12 PM

Second batch of NAKSHA phase 2 capacity building programme to begin from June 16

The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Union Ministry of Rural Development, will launch the second batch of Phase 2 of the National Geospatial Knowledge-Based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) Capacity Building Programme on Monday. The week-long training will be held across four National Centres of Excellence to enhance the skills of Urban Local Body (ULB) and district-level officers in modern land survey techniques. The programme will be virtually inaugurated by DoLR Secretary Manoj ...