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Rural Housing Schemes in India

Our country is an agrarian economy and 70% of Indian population resides in rural area. Government is working towards the upliftment of the people living in rural areas. Various schemes have been implemented since independence to provide them resources for the development and growth of living standards. Rural Housing scheme is one of them. Rural ..

Topics: Bharat Nirman • Economy of India • Housing in India • India • Ministry of Rural Development • Ministry of Urban Development • Neeranchal National Watershed Project • Poverty in India • Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

This Scheme was launched after a review and restructuring of the erstwhile Integrated Rural Development Program(IRDP) and allied schemes like Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM), Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Million Wells Scheme (MWS), Supply of Improved Toolkits to Rural Artisans (SITRA) & Ganga Kalyan Yojna. SGSY was ..

Topics: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana • Economy • Economy of India • In India • India • Ministry of Rural Development • National rural livelihood mission • Poverty in India • Priority sector lending

District Rural Development Agencies

Over the years the District Rural Development Agencies have emerged as the principal organs at the district level to oversing the implementation of different poverty alleviation programmes. Since inception, the administrative costs of the DRDAs were met by setting apart a certain percentage of the allocation for each Programme. Of late, while the number of ..

Topics: Decentralization • District Rural Development Agencies • Government • Local government in India • Ministry of Rural Development • Panchayati Raj • Politics • Poverty reduction