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    District Rural Development System Department

    Introduction

    The District Rural Development System has been established under the Registration of Societies Act 1860 and the Bombay Public Trustee Act 1950 for effective implementation of the centrally sponsored scheme in the state. For effective implementation of the schemes, Government Decision No. GRAP-1121 P.K.43/ Scheme-5, Ministry of Mumbai – 400 001 The new structure has been implemented with effect from 1 April 2022.

    To eradicate poverty in the rural areas of the state, the Central Government started the National Rural Livelihood Promotion Mission in the year 2011. The Department of Rural Development and Water Conservation of the Government of Maharashtra issued a detailed government decision on 18 July 2011.

    Vision and Mission

    1. To help families below the poverty line to improve their standard of living by providing financial assistance through various schemes.

    2. To provide financial stability to the economically weaker sections and self-help groups through the banking system.

    3. To provide permanent shelter to families below the poverty line and provide basic facilities through the Gharkul scheme.

    4. To provide various training and financial support to women in rural areas under the Lakhpati Didi scheme.

    Objectives and Functions

    •To implement Central Government sponsored schemes.

    •To provide benefits to families below poverty line under individual and group schemes.

    •To make women self-reliant through self-help groups (to achieve the objective achieved through Lakhpati Didi Yojana).

    •To provide financial assistance to self-help groups to provide self-employment and to assist them in providing loans.

    •To provide financial assistance to families below poverty line through Gharkul Yojana and to provide them with permanent shelter.

    •To implement special schemes implemented by the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra from time to time. To provide adequate financial, managerial and organizational support to individual and group beneficiaries for investment and implementation of productive schemes in all areas of development such as small industries in order to achieve the main objectives of the schemes and to take all necessary action for this.

    Schemes

    1. Ramai Awas Yojana (Department of Social Justice, Government of Maharashtra)
    2. Shabri Housing Scheme (Tribal Development Department, Maharashtra Government)
    3. Yashwantrao Chavan Mukta Colony Scheme (Exempted Castes, Nomadic Tribes and Special Backward Classes Welfare, Government of Maharashtra)
    4. Atal Bondkam Kamgar Awas Yojana Rural (worker’s welfare Board, Government of Maharashtra)
    5. Punyashlok Ahilya Devi Holkar Awas Yojana (Other backward Bahujan Welfare Department, Government of Maharashtra)
    6. Modi Awas Yojana (Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department, Government of Maharashtra)
    7. Pandit Dindayal Land Purchase Scheme (PDU) (Department of Rural Development, Government of Maharashtra)
    8. Women’s Empowerment Program (UMED- under MSRLM)
    9. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Rural (Panchayat Raj Department Central Government Scheme, Government of India)

    Public Information Officer

    Ku. PAPIHA KISHORRAO PAJAI

    Public Information Officer and Extension Officer(sta)

    Mb. No. 9503921998

    Other Important

    • Forms related to all types of Gharkul Yojana are available on the following website.

    https://www.mahaawaas.org/

     

    • All kinds of information related to Umed Mission (MSRLM) as well as all government decisions made available from time to time under the scheme can be found on the following website.

    https://www.umed.in/

    Contact

    Name of Officer :- Shri Vivek Sheshrao Bondare
    Designation :- Project Director
    Department :- District Rural Development Agency, Bhandara
    Telephone No. :- 07184-252306
    Phone No. :- 8010405751
    Mail ID – drdabhandara@gmail.com