Rural Development Ministry

May 26, 2026 10:35 AM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s book ‘Apnapan’ to be released today

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch his newly authored book Apnapan in New Delhi on May 26, offering a personal account of his long public association with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the values that shaped their political journey. The book release event will be held at the Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam Auditorium at the NASC Complex in Pusa. Former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will formally release the book in the p...

May 18, 2026 7:01 PM

MoRD charts roadmap for women-led rural marketing ecosystems through SHE-MARTs

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has initiated a nationwide roadmap for the creation of women-led rural marketing ecosystems through SHE-MARTs (Self Help Entrepreneurs-Marketing Avenues for Rural Transformation), aimed at strengthening women-led enterprises, boosting rural incomes, and expanding market access for self-help groups across India. The roadmap was discussed during a two-day National Consultation organised by the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission...

May 15, 2026 5:47 PM

Maharashtra gets Rs 8,368 crore PMAY-G boost as 5 lakh rural families enter new homes

Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced a major rural development package for Maharashtra, including ₹8,368.50 crore in central assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), while inaugurating the Griha Pravesh ceremony of five lakh completed rural houses in Satara. The large-scale beneficiary event, held at the Sainik School Ground in Satara, marked the formal handover of newly constructed pucca houses to rural families un...

May 11, 2026 11:12 AM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches PMGSY-IV in Madhya Pradesh, announces rural development projects worth thousands of crores

Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday launched the fourth phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-IV) in Bhairunda of Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district and announced a major development package worth thousands of crores for the state, focusing on rural roads, housing and infrastructure expansion. The launch event, organised as part of the silver jubilee celebrations marking 25 years of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, was attended by...

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 ...