Rural Welfare Activities and Programmes in India – AgriBooks

List of Rural Development Programs in India

SI.No

Name of the Activity

Starting Year

Name of the Worker

Objectives/Remarks

1

Scheme of Rural Reconstruction at the Sunderbans in Bengal

1903

Sir Daniel Hamilton

2

Cooperative Movement

1904

F. Nicholson

Individually financed

3

Sri Niketan (W.Bengal)

1914

Rabindra Nath Tagor

Concept of Village Level Worker (Sriniketan experiment in Bengal-1920)

4

Gurgaon Project (Haryana)

1920 (1927)

F.L. Brayne

Concept of village guide

5

Sevagram (Maharashtra)

1921

M.K.Gandhi

To spread Charkha and Khadi

6

Marthandom Project

1921

Spencer Hatch

With the help of YMCA (Young Men Christian Association)

7

Baroda Village Reconstruction Project

1932

Shree BT Krishnamachari

8

Rural Development

1935

Rural Development Department of British India (R.D.D.B.I.)

-

9

Grow More Food Campaign

1942

R.D.D.B.I.

Biggest Project of Pre-Independence

10

The Bombay Plan

1944-45

Purshotamdas Thakurdas, JRD Tata, GD Birla

11

The Gandhian Plan

1944

Shriman Narayan Agarwal

12

Indian Village Service

1945

13

The People�s Plan

1945

MN Roy

14

Firka Development Scheme

1946

Madras Govt.

Firka (A group of 5-20 villages, promote khadi &village industries)

15

Nilokheri Project (Haryana

1948

S.K. Dubey

Refugee Re-habitation Project, Create Mazdoor Manzil

16

Indian Village Service

1950

W.H. Wisher

-

17

Key Village Scheme

1952

Gov. of India

18

Etawah Pilot Project

1948

Albert Mayer

Average District Plan

19

Food Agriculture Organization (FAO)

1948

International Organization

-

20

Planning Commission

1950

Govt. of India

-

21

Sarvodaya (Bombay)

January, 1950

Vinoba Bhave

-

22

Five-year plan

1951

Govt. of India

-

23

Training and Development Centers

1951

Govt. of India

-

24

Bhoodan Movement

1951

Vinoba Bhave

Started in Pochampali (A.P.)

25

Gramdan Movement

1952

Vinoba Bhave

Started in Mangroth (U.P.)

26

Community Development Project (CDP)

2nd Oct, 1952

Govt. of India

Overall development of rural areas with people's participation.

27

National Extension Service

2nd Oct, 1953

Govt. of India

-

28

Community Development Block

1954

29

UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

16-Nov-55

International Organization

-

30

Kharif & Rabi Movement

1958

Govt. Of India

-

31

Nalagarh Committee Report

1958

Govt. of India

Recommended for All India Agricultural Services

32

Intensive Agriculture District Programme (IADP)

1960-61

Govt. of India

Also k/s Package Programme, To provide loan, seeds, fertilizers, tools to the farmers.

33

Multiple Cropping Scheme

1960

Govt. of India

-

34

Panchayati Raj

02-Oct-59

Govt. of India

On the recommendation of Balwant Rai Mehta committee (Started in Nagor, Rajasthan)

35

National Seed Corporation

1963

Govt. of India

-

36

Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation

July, 1963

Govt. of India

-

37

Intensive Cattle Development Project (ICDP)

1963-64

38

Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IAAP)

1964

Govt. of India

To develop the special harvests.

39

National Demonstration Project

1965

Ministry of Food & Agriculture

-

40

High Yielding Varietal (HYVP)

1965

Govt. of India

To increase productivity of food grains by adopting latest verities as inputs of crops. (Mother Scheme of Green Revolution)

41

Administrative reforms commission

1966

Govt. of India

-

42

State Seed Corporation Of India

1969

Govt. of India

-

43

Small Farmer Development Agency (SFDA)

1971-72

Govt. of India

For technical and financial assistance to small farmer

44

Marginal Farmer and Agriculture Laboures Programme (MFAL)

1970-71

45

Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP)

1970-71

46

Pilot Project for Tribal Development

1972-73

47

Training & Visit Programme

1974

Danial Benor

Also k/s Baster & Benor Scheme

48

Integrated Rural Development Programme

1978-79

49

Command Area Development Programme

1974-75

Govt. of India

To insure better & rapid utilization of irrigation capacities of medium and large projects.

50

National Seed Programme

1975-76

Govt. of India

-

51

Regional Rural Banks

1975

Govt. of India

Provision of credit & other facilities specially to small & marginal farmers (Regional Rural Banks Act-1976)

52

Antyodaya Programme

1977

Govt. Of Rajasthan

Based on the Philosophy of Gandhiji

53

Desert Development Programme

1977-78

Govt. of India

For controlling the desert expansion & maintaining environmental balance. (Started in Rajasthan)

54

Lab to Land Programme (LLP)

1979

ICAR

For transfer of proved & viable low cost agricultural technologies to small & marginal farmers and landless laborer to improve their socio-economic condition.

55

Training of Rural Youth for Employment (TRYSEM)

1979

Govt. of India

Basic Principle: Learning by doing

56

National Rural Employment

1980

Govt. of India

-

57

National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)

1980

58

Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)

Launched in 1978 (Implimeted in 2nd Oct, 1980)

Govt. of India

Aim: All round development of family Approach: Poorest to poor first.

59

NABARD

12thJuly, 1982

Govt. of India

First chairman: Sri B. Sivaraman

60

Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP)

1973-74

Govt. of India

To try an expedient for protection from drought by achieving environmental balance & by developing the ground water.

61

Development Rural Employment Programme (DWCRA)

1982

62

National Agriculture Extension Project (NAEP)

1983

63

Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)

1983-84

Govt. of India

For providing employment to landless and labors.

64

Technology Mission on Oilseeds (TMO)

1986

65

Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY)

1989

66

National Agriculture Technology Project (NATP)

1998

Govt. of India

-

67

Jawahar Gram Smriddhi Yojana (JGSY)

1999

Govt. of India

-

68

Technology Assessment and Refinement- Institute Village Linkage Programme (TAR-IVLP)

1999

69

Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar (SGSY)

1st April, 1999

Govt. of India

For eliminating Rural poverty and unemployment & promoting self-employment.

70

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

25th Dec, 2000

Govt. of India

To line all village with pacca road.

71

Sampoorna Gramin Rojgar Yojana (SGRY)

25th Sept, 2001

Govt. of India

Providing employment and food security.

72

Agriculture Technology Information Centre (ATIC)

2000

73

Khetihar Mazdoor Bima Yojana

2001-02

Govt. of India

Insurance of landless agricultural workers.

74

Rozgar Guarantee Programme (RGP)

2005

Govt. of India

-

75

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NAREGA)

02-Feb-06

Govt. of India

To provide at least 100 days wage employment in rural areas (100 days employment)

76

National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP)

2006

77

Food Safety and Standards Act

2006

Government of India

78

National Food Security Mission

2007

Govt. of India

-

79

FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)

2011

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

80

Jan Dhan Yojana

28-Aug-14

Govt. of India

To connect more and more peoples from the banking services

81

SKILL India Mission

28-Aug-14

Govt. of India

Skill Development in Youth

82

Make in India

28-Sep-14

Govt. of India

Promoting manufacturing Sector in the country

83

Swachchh Bharat Mission

02-Oct-14

Govt. of India

Making India a clean country till October 2,1919

84

Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

11-Oct-14

Govt. of India

Development in the villages which includes social development, cultural development.

85

Shramew Jayate Yojana

16-Oct-14

Govt. of India

Plan dedicated to labor development

86

Hridaya Plan (National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana)

21-Jan-15

Govt. of India

To take care of world heritage sites and to make these sites economically viable.

87

PM Mudra Yojana

08-Apr-15

Govt. of India

Loan to small businessmen from 50 thousand to 10 lakh.

88

Ujala Yojana

01-May-15

Govt. of India

Distribution of LED bulbs at low price to reduce electricity consumption

89

Atal Pension Yojana

09-May-15

Govt. of India

Monthly pension for people from the unorganized sector b/w age of 18 to 40 Years

90

Prime Minister Jivan Jyoti Bima Yojana

09-May-15

Govt. of India

Life insurance of Rs 2 lakh for people b/w 18 to 50 Years (@Premium of Rs. 330 per annum)

91

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

09-May-15

Govt. of India

General insurance/accident insurance for people between 18 and 70 years of 2 lakh (at premium of 12 Rs./year)

92

Smart City Scheme

25-Jun-15

Govt. of India

Developing 100 selected cities of the country as smart cities from 2015 to 2020

93

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Plan

25-Jun-15

Govt. of India

Developing all the basic amenities in more than 500 cities which have more than one lakh population

94

Digital India Mission

02-Jul-15

Govt. of India

Making all government services electronically available to the public

95

UDAY (Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana)

20th November, 2015

Govt. of India

Financial turnaround of Power Distribution Companies of Public Sector

96

Start-up India

16-Jan-16

Govt. of India

To Promote new enterprises

97

Setu Bhartam Yojana

04-Mar-16

Govt. of India

Construction of Over and Under Bridge to make National Highways Railway Crossing free

98

Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday

14-24 April, 2016

Govt. of India

Emphasizing the development of villages for proper development of the country

99

Prime Minister Ujjwala Plan

01-May-16

Govt. of India

Providing The LPG connection to BPL families at subsidized rates

100

Namami Gange Yojana

07-Jul-16

Govt. of India

Cleanliness of river Ganga

101

PM-KISAN

Launched- 24 Feb, 2019, and enforcement in 1 Dec-2018

Govt. of India

The Supplement the financial needs to farmers in processing various in put to ensures proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income

102

Atal Bhoojal Yojana

25-Dec-19

Govt. of India

The main objectives of Atal bhoojal Yojana (Water conservation scheme) are to recharge groundwater and create sufficient water storage for agricultural purposes.

103

Jal Jeevan Mison

15-Aug-19

Govt. of India

The Scheme aims to provide drinking water connections to all home by 2024.

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