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((Short description|Branch of the Government of India))
((Use Indian English|date=September 2015))
((Use dmy dates|date=December 2015))
((More citations needed|date=January 2016))
((Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Ministry of Rural Development
| seal_width      = 70px
| seal_caption    = [[Emblem of India]]
| logo            = Ministry of Rural Development.png
| logo_size       = 300
| formed          = ((Start date and age|df=yes|1980|01|20))
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of India]]
| headquarters    = [[Krishi Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| budget          = ((INRConvert|159964|c)) <small>(2023-24 est.)</small><ref>((cite web |url=https://prsindia.org/sites/default/files/budget_files/Union%20Budget%20Analysis%20-%202020-21.pdf |title=Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis |date= 2020|website=prsindia.org ))</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Giriraj Singh]]<ref name="rural.nic.in">((Cite web|url=https://rural.nic.in/about-us/whos-who|title=Who's who|website=Ministry of Rural Development, [[Government of India]]))</ref>
| minister1_pfo   = Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
| deputyminister1_name = [[Niranjan Jyoti|Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti]]<ref name="rural.nic.in" />
| deputyminister1_pfo = Minister of State for Rural Development
| deputyminister2_name = [[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]<ref name="rural.nic.in" />
| deputyminister2_pfo = Minister of State for Rural Development
| chief1_name     = Shailesh Kumar Singh<ref name="rural.nic.in" />
| chief1_position = Secretary of Department of Rural Development
| website         = ((URL|http://rural.nic.in))
| type            = Ministry
))

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.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |title=About the Ministry :: Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. Of India) |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618172317/http://rural.nic.in/netrural/rural/sites/about-the-ministry.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all ))</ref>

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.

==Departments==
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.

===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, [[Indira Awaas Yojana|Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana]] It handles the administration of [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)|District Rural Development Agency]] (DRDA), and has three autonomous organisations under it:<ref>((cite web | title = Overview | publisher = Department of Rural Development | url = http://drd.nic.in/DRD/aboutus.asp | access-date = 2014-01-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140208233730/http://drd.nic.in/drd/aboutus.asp | archive-date = 8 February 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all ))</ref>

*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 Giriraj Singh, and the Secretary is Subrahmanyam Vijay Kumar.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_aboutus&id=3158&p=emp&view=profile&Itemid=181|title=TERI: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development - India|website=www.teriin.org))</ref>

===Department of Land Resources===
The Department of Land Resources runs three national-level programs:<ref>((cite web|url=http://dolr.gov.in/programme-schemes/schemes-programmes|title=Schemes|date=5 February 2019|publisher=Department of Land Resources|access-date=2014-01-14))</ref>

*[[Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana|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

==Cabinet Ministers ==
*'''Key:''' ((note label|†|†|†)) Died in office

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>((small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency))
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Rural Reconstruction
|-
!1
|bgcolor="((party color|Janata Party (Secular)))"|
|
|'''[[Bhanu Pratap Singh]]'''<br>((small|(born 1935)<br>MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Rajya Sabha)))
|((small|30 July))<br>1979
|((small|14 January))<br>1980
!((ayd|1979|7|30|1980|1|14))
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
!2
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)|Rao Birender Singh]]'''<br>((small|(1921((ndash))2000)<br>MP for [[Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency|Mahendragarh]]))
|((small|20 January))<br>1980
|((small|23 January))<br>1982
!((ayd|1980|1|20|1982|1|23))
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Rural Development
|-
!(2)
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)|Rao Birender Singh]]'''<br>((small|(1921((ndash))2000)<br>MP for [[Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency|Mahendragarh]]))
|((small|23 January))<br>1982
|((small|29 January))<br>1983
!((ayd|1982|1|23|1983|1|29))
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!3
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''Harinath Mishra'''<br>((small|MP for [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]))<br>(MoS, I/C)
|((small|29 January))<br>1983
|((small|2 August))<br>1984
!((ayd|1983|1|29|1984|8|2))
|-
!rowspan="2"| 4
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Mohsina Kidwai]]'''<br>((small|(born 1932)<br>MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]))<br>(MoS, I/C until 31 October 1984)
|((small|2 August))<br>1984
|((small|31 October))<br>1984
!((ayd|1984|8|2|1984|10|31))
|-
|((small|4 November))<br>1984
|((small|31 December))<br>1984
!((ayd|1984|11|4|1984|12|31))
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!5
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Buta Singh]]'''<br>((small|(1934((ndash))2021)<br>MP for [[Jalore Lok Sabha constituency|Jalore]]))
|((small|31 December))<br>1984
|((small|25 September))<br>1985
!((ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25))
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Rural Development
|-
!((ndash))
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>((small|(1921((ndash))2004)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]))<br>(Prime Minister)
|((small|21 June))<br>1991
|((small|11 June))<br>1995
!((ayd|1991|6|21|1995|6|11))
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Rural Areas and Employment
|-
!6
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagannath Mishra]]'''<br>((small|(1937((ndash))2019)<br>MP for [[Bihar]] (Rajya Sabha)))
|((small|11 June))<br>1995
|((small|16 May))<br>1996
!((ayd|1995|6|11|1996|5|16))
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!((ndash))
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>((small|(1924((ndash))2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]))<br>(Prime Minister)
|((small|16 May))<br>1996
|((small|1 June))<br>1996
!((ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1))
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| 7
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="((party color|Telugu Desam Party))"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Yerram Naidu Kinjarapu.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]]'''<br>((small|(1957((ndash))2012)<br>MP for [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]))
|((small|1 June))<br>1996
|((small|21 April))<br>1997
!rowspan="2"| ((ayd|1996|6|1|1998|3|19))
|rowspan="2"| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|((small|21 April))<br>1997
|((small|19 March))<br>1998
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
!8
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|
|'''[[Babagouda Patil]]'''<br>((small|(1945((ndash))2021)<br>MP for [[Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency|Belgavi]]))<br>(MoS, I/C)
|((small|20 March))<br>1998
|((small|13 October))<br>1999
!((ayd|1998|3|20|1999|10|13))
|rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!9
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|
|'''[[Sundar Lal Patwa]]'''<br>((small|(1924((ndash))2016)<br>MP for [[Hoshangabad Lok Sabha constituency|Narmadapuram]]))
|((small|13 October))<br>1999
|((small|30 September))<br>2000
!((ayd|1999|10|13|2000|9|30))
|rowspan="5" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
!10
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]'''<br>((small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Karnataka]] (Rajya Sabha)))
|((small|30 September))<br>2000
|((small|1 July))<br>2002
!((ayd|2000|9|30|2002|7|1))
|-
!11
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Shanta Kumar.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shanta Kumar]]'''<br>((small|(born 1934)<br>MP for [[Kangra Lok Sabha constituency|Kangra]]))
|((small|1 July))<br>2002
|((Small|6 April))<br>2003
!((ayd|2002|7|1|2003|4|6))
|-
!12
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ananth Kumar]]'''<br>((small|(1959((ndash))2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]))
|((small|6 April))<br>2003
|((small|24 May))<br>2003
!((ayd|2003|4|6|2003|5|24))
|-
!13
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Kashiram_Rana.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kashiram Rana]]'''<br>((small|(1938((ndash))2012)<br>MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]))
|((small|24 May))<br>2003
|((small|22 May))<br>2004
!((ayd|2003|5|24|2004|5|22))
|-
!14
|bgcolor="((party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal))"|
|[[File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]'''<br>((small|(1946((ndash))2020)<br>MP for [[Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency|Vaishali]]))
|((small|23 May))<br>2004
|((small|22 May))<br>2009
!((ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22))
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="4"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
!15
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress))"|
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[C. P. Joshi]]'''<br>((small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhilwara]]))
|((small|28 May))<br>2009
|((small|19 January))<br>2011
!((ayd|2009|5|28|2011|1|19))
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
!16
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress))"|
|[[File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]'''<br>((small|(1945((ndash))2012)<br>MP for [[Maharashtra]] (Rajya Sabha)))
|((small|19 January))<br>2011
|((small|12 July))<br>2011
!((ayd|2011|1|19|2011|7|12))
|-
!17
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress))"|
|[[File:Jairam ramesh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jairam Ramesh]]'''<br>((small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]] (Rajya Sabha)))<br>(MoS, I/C)
|((small|12 July))<br>2011
|((small|26 May))<br>2014
!((ayd|2011|7|12|2014|5|26))
|-
!18
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Gopinath Munde.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Gopinath Munde]]'''<br>((small|(1949((ndash))2014)<br>MP for [[Beed Lok Sabha constituency|Beed]]))
|((small|27 May))<br>2014
|((small|3 June))<br>2014((ref label|†|†|†))
!((ayd|2014|5|27|2014|6|3))
|rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!19
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Shri Nitin Gadkari on March 3, 2023 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Nitin Gadkari]]'''<br>((small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency|Nagpur]]))
|((small|4 June))<br>2014
|((small|9 November))<br>2014
!((ayd|2014|6|4|2014|11|9))
|-
!20
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Chaudhary Birender Singh with Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|'''Birender Singh''']]<br>((small|(born 1946)<br>MP for [[Haryana]] (Rajya Sabha)))
|((small|9 November))<br>2014
|((small|5 July))<br>2016
!((ayd|2014|11|9|2016|7|5))
|-
!rowspan="2"| 21
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after launching the Swachh Sarvekshan (Gramin)- 2017, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]'''<br>((small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]] (until 2019)<br>MP for [[Morena Lok Sabha constituency|Morena]] (from 2019)))
|((small|5 July))<br>2016
|((small|30 May))<br>2019
!rowspan="2"| ((ayd|2016|7|5|2021|7|7))
|-
|((small|31 May))<br>2019
|((small|7 July))<br>2021
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
!22
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Giriraj Singh assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in 2017.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Giriraj Singh]]'''<br>((small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency|Begusarai]]))
|((small|7 July))<br>2021
|Incumbent
!((ayd|2021|7|7))
|-
|}

==Ministers of State==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>((small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency))<br>(Department)
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Rural Reconstruction
|-
!1
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[R. V. Swaminathan]]'''<br>((small|MP for [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]))
|((small|24 November))<br>1980
|((small|23 January))<br>1982
!((ayd|1980|1|20|1982|1|23))
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!2
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[Baleshwar Ram]]'''<br>((small|(1928((ndash))2015)<br>MP for [[Rosera Lok Sabha constituency|Rosera]]))
|((small|16 January))<br>1982
|((small|23 January))<br>1982
!((ayd|1982|1|16|1982|1|23))
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Rural Development
|-
!(1)
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[R. V. Swaminathan]]'''<br>((small|MP for [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]))
|((small|23 January))<br>1982
|((small|29 January))<br>1983
!((ayd|1982|1|23|1983|1|29))
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!(2)
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[Baleshwar Ram]]'''<br>((small|(1928((ndash))2015)<br>MP for [[Rosera Lok Sabha constituency|Rosera]]))
|((small|23 January))<br>1982
|((small|29 January))<br>1983
!((ayd|1982|1|23|1983|1|29))
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Rural Development
|-
!3
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[G. Venkatswamy]]'''<br>((small|(1929((ndash))2014)<br>MP for [[Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency|Peddapalli]]))
|((small|21 June))<br>1991
|((small|2 July))<br>1992
!((ayd|1991|5|21|1992|7|2))
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="6" bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="6"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!4
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[Uttambhai Patel]]'''<br>((small|(1927((ndash))2018)<br>MP for [[Valsad Lok Sabha constituency|Valsad]]))
|((small|21 June))<br>1991
|((small|2 July))<br>1992
!((ayd|1991|5|21|1992|7|2))
|-
!5
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[G. Venkatswamy]]'''<br>((small|(1929((ndash))2014)<br>MP for [[Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency|Peddapalli]]))<br>(Rural Development)
|((small|2 July))<br>1992
|((small|18 January))<br>1993
!((ayd|1992|7|2|1993|1|18))
|-
!6
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[Uttambhai Patel]]'''<br>((small|(1927((ndash))2018)<br>MP for [[Valsad Lok Sabha constituency|Valsad]]))<br>(Rural Development)
|((small|2 July))<br>1992
|((small|11 June))<br>1995
!((ayd|1992|7|2|1995|6|11))
|-
!7
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|[[Rao Ram Singh|((small|Colonel (Retd.)))<br>'''Rao Ram Singh''']]<br>((small|(1925((ndash))2012)<br>MP for [[Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency|Mahendragarh]]))<br>(Wasteland Development)
|((small|2 July))<br>1992
|((small|11 June))<br>1995
!((ayd|1992|7|2|1995|6|11))
|-
!8
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rameshwar Thakur]]'''<br>((small|(1925((ndash))2015)<br>MP for [[Bihar]] (Rajya Sabha)))<br>(Rural Development)
|((small|18 January))<br>1993
|((small|22 December))<br>1994
!((ayd|1993|1|18|1994|12|22))
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment
|-
!(6)
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|'''[[Uttambhai Patel]]'''<br>((small|(1927((ndash))2018)<br>MP for [[Valsad Lok Sabha constituency|Valsad]]))<br>(Rural Development)
|((small|11 June))<br>1995
|((small|16 May))<br>1996
!((ayd|1995|6|11|1996|5|16))
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="3"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!(7)
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|
|[[Rao Ram Singh|((small|Colonel (Retd.)))<br>'''Rao Ram Singh''']]<br>((small|(1925((ndash))2012)<br>MP for [[Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency|Mahendragarh]]))<br>(Wasteland Development)
|((small|11 June))<br>1995
|((small|30 March))<br>1996
!((ayd|1995|6|11|1996|3|30))
|-
!9
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress (I)))"|
|[[File:Vilas Muttemwar.JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Vilas Muttemwar]]'''<br>((small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency|Nagpur]]))<br>(Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation)
|((small|15 September))<br>1995
|((small|16 May))<br>1996
!((ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16))
|-
!rowspan="2"| 10
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="((party color|Janata Dal))"|
|rowspan="2"| 
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]]'''<br>((small|(1921((ndash))2005)<br>MP for [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]))
|((small|1 June))<br>1996
|((small|21 April))<br>1997
!rowspan="2"| ((ayd|1996|6|1|1998|3|19))
|rowspan="2"| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|((small|21 April))<br>1997
|((small|19 March))<br>1998
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Rural Development
|-
!11
|bgcolor="((party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam))"|
|[[File:A still of the Union Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri A. Raja during a meeting of Chief Wildlife Wardens and Field Directors of Project Tiger Reserves, in New Delhi on May 26, 2005.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[A. Raja]]'''<br>((small|(born 1963)<br>MP for [[Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency|Perambalur]]))
|((small|13 October))<br>1999
|((small|30 September))<br>2000
!((ayd|1999|10|13|2000|9|30))
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|rowspan="5" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!12
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|
|'''[[Subhash Maharia]]'''<br>((small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Sikar Lok Sabha constituency|Sikar]]))
|((small|13 October))<br>1999
|((small|29 January))<br>2003
!((ayd|1999|10|13|2003|1|29))
|rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
!13
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|
|'''[[Rita Verma]]'''<br>((small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]))
|((small|30 September))<br>2000
|((small|1 September))<br>2001
!((ayd|2000|9|30|2001|9|1))
|-
!14
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|
|'''[[Annasaheb M. K. Patil]]'''<br>((small|(born 1939)<br>MP for [[Erandol Lok Sabha constituency|Erandol]]))
|((small|1 September))<br>2001
|((small|22 May))<br>2004
!((ayd|2001|9|1|2004|5|22))
|-
!15
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Krishnam Raju]]'''<br>((small|(1940((ndash))2022)<br>MP for [[Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Narasapuram]]))
|((small|29 January))<br>2003
|((small|22 May))<br>2004
!((ayd|2003|1|29|2004|5|22))
|-
!16
|bgcolor="((party color|Nationalist Congress Party))"|
|[[File:Suryakanta Patil (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suryakanta Patil]]'''<br>((small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency|Hingoli]]))
|((small|23 May))<br>2004
|((small|22 May))<br>2009
!((ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22))
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="7"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
!17
|bgcolor="((party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi))"|
|[[File:Aelay Narendra.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ale Narendra]]'''<br>((small|(1946((ndash))2014)<br>MP for [[Medak Lok Sabha constituency|Medak]]))
|((small|23 May))<br>2004
|((small|24 August))<br>2006
!((ayd|2004|5|23|2006|8|24))
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|-
!18
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress))"|
|[[File:Chandra Sekhar Sahu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Chandra Sekhar Sahu]]'''<br>((small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Berhampur]]))
|((small|24 October))<br>2006
|((small|22 May))<br>2009
!((ayd|2006|10|24|2009|5|22))
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
!19
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress))"|
|[[File:Pradeep Jain Aditya (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pradeep Jain Aditya]]'''<br>((small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency|Jhansi]]))
|((small|28 May))<br>2009
|((small|26 May))<br>2014
!((ayd|2009|5|28|2014|5|26))
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
!20
|bgcolor="((party color|All India Trinamool Congress))"|
|[[File:Sisir Adhikari (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sisir Adhikari]]'''<br>((small|(born 1941)<br>MP for [[Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency|Kanthi]]))
|((small|28 May))<br>2009
|((small|22 September))<br>2012
!((ayd|2009|5|28|2012|9|22))
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
!21
|bgcolor="((party color|Nationalist Congress Party))"|
|[[File:Agatha Sangma, 2009 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Agatha Sangma]]'''<br>((small|(born 1980)<br>MP for [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]]))
|((small|28 May))<br>2009
|((small|27 October))<br>2012
!((ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|27))
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|-
!22
|bgcolor="((party color|Indian National Congress))"|
|[[File:Lal Chand Kataria taking office in October 2012 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lalchand Kataria]]'''<br>((small|(born 1968)<br>MP for [[Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency|Jaipur Rural]]))
|((small|31 October))<br>2012
|((small|26 May))<br>2014
!((ayd|2012|12|31|2014|5|26))
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
!23
|bgcolor="((party color|Rashtriya Lok Samta Party))"|
|[[File:Upendra Kushwaha in 2018 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Upendra Kushwaha]]'''<br>((small|(born 1960)<br>MP for [[Karakat Lok Sabha constituency|Karakat]]))
|((small|26 May))<br>2014
|((small|9 November))<br>2014
!((ayd|2014|5|26|2014|11|9))
|[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!24
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Sudarshan Bhagat giving awards (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sudarshan Bhagat]]'''<br>((small|(born 1969)<br>MP for [[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]))
|((small|9 November))<br>2014
|((small|5 July))<br>2016
!((ayd|2014|11|9|2016|7|5))
|rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
!25
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Ram Kripal Yadav (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]'''<br>((small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency|Pataliputra]]))
|((small|5 July))<br>2016
|((small|30 May))<br>2019
!((ayd|2016|7|5|2019|5|30))
|-
!26
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Niranjan Jyoti]]'''<br>((small|(born 1967)<br>MP for [[Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency|Fatehpur]]))
|((small|31 May))<br>2019
|Incumbent
!((ayd|2019|5|31))
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
!27
|bgcolor="((party color|Bharatiya Janata Party))"|
|[[File:Faggan Singh Kulaste addressing function at 7th Indian Organ Donation Day (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]'''<br>((small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Mandla Lok Sabha constituency|Mandla]]))
|((small|7 July))<br>2021
|Incumbent
!((ayd|2021|7|7))
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)]]
* [[NREGS (Kerala)]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|http://www.rural.nic.in/))
*  [http://nrega.nic.in National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, website]

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