Ministry of Rural Development → Department of Rural Development.
(Presently Jairam Ramesh is the union minister for rural Development)
(Presently Jairam Ramesh is the union minister for rural Development)
When?
25 December 2000
Why?
PMGSY is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages, as envisigaed under Bharat Nirman*
What Objective?
To connect all habitations with a population of 500/+ persons (plain areas)
and 250/+ persons (in hill States, the tribal and the desert areas.)
and 250/+ persons (in hill States, the tribal and the desert areas.)
*What is Bharat Nirman?
Union Government launched this major initiative for rebuilding rural India, in 2005.
It has 6 components:
It has 6 components:
- Water Supply
- Housing
- Telecommunication and Information Technology
- Electrification
- Irrigation
- Roads
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, falls in here.
(i.e. it is a 'Program' to transform the Bharat Nirman 'Policy' into reality)
(i.e. it is a 'Program' to transform the Bharat Nirman 'Policy' into reality)
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