Rural Development

The Rural Development Division of NlTl Aayog provides overall policy guidance to the Department of Rural Development, Ministry ol Rural Development (MoRD). lt engages with Department of Rural Development in formulating policies, programmes, initiatives and reforms. lt also collaborates with various national and international academic institutions, research organisations, development partners and eminent experts to advance the discussion towards making a long-term impact on policy approaches for Rural Development.

• Analysing and providing comments on various rural sector schemes, programmes and projects through the appraisal of preliminary project reports; analysing and providing comments for proposals under EFC and SFC, reviewing and commenting upon Cabinet Notes.
• Engaging with the Department of Rural Development, State Governments as well as local governments on various issues, policies and schemes.
• Developing strategy papers on various thematic areas and factors that affect rural growth, infrastructural systems supporting them, and networks connecting them. These sectors, inter alia, include housing, employment, skill development and rural roads.
• Conducting research with various organisations and development partners and holding discussions with eminent experts in the domains of rural sector

• National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD)
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Visakhapatnam
• lndian lnstitute of Management (IIM) Ranchi, Jharkhand
• National lnstitute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha
• Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand, Gujarat
• Indian School of Business (ISB), Punjab
• Deendayal Research Institute(DRI), Chitrakoot

Ministry of Rural Development