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RBI notification: Reserve Bank of India (Regional Rural Banks – Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning) Second Amendment Directions, 2026

RBI notification: Reserve Bank of India (Rural Co-operative Banks – Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning) Third Amendment Directions, 2026

RBI notification: Reserve Bank of India (Regional Rural Banks – Resolution of Stressed Assets) Second Amendment Directions, 2026

RBI notification: Reserve Bank of India (Rural Co-operative Banks – Resolution of Stressed Assets) Second Amendment Directions, 2026

Central Act (2025): The Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB—G Ram G (विकसित भारत—जी राम जी)Act, 2025

Rs 24,000 crore scheme for comprehensive development of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) covering 22,000 villages. Provides housing, safe water, electricity, roads, mobile connectivity, and livelihood support.

Comprehensive development programme for villages along the northern border including those in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Ladakh. Provides infrastructure, livelihood, and tourism development to counter depopulation.

Mission to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies in each district totalling approximately 50,000 Amrit Sarovars across the country as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Focus on community participation and convergence of schemes.

Rs 20,050 crore flagship scheme for sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector. Aims to enhance fish production by 70 lakh tonnes, generate 55 lakh employment opportunities, and double fisheries exports.

Flagship programme to provide functional household tap water connections to every rural household by 2024. From 3.23 crore connections in 2019 to over 14 crore connections, transforming rural water supply infrastructure.

Universal household electrification scheme to provide electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural and urban areas. Achieved near-universal household electrification by March 2019.

Provides free LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Line households to replace unclean cooking fuels. Over 10 crore connections released, significantly reducing indoor air pollution and health risks for rural women.

Project to connect all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats with broadband through optical fibre, providing 100 Mbps connectivity. Critical digital infrastructure backbone for rural India's internet connectivity.

Comprehensive housing scheme targeting construction of 2 crore houses in urban areas and 2.95 crore in rural areas by 2024. Provides interest subsidy on home loans and direct assistance for house construction.

Nationwide campaign to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management. Built over 11 crore toilets in rural and urban areas and declared India open-defecation free by October 2019.

Replaced the colonial Land Acquisition Act of 1894 with provisions for fair compensation (2-4x market value), mandatory consent of landowners, social impact assessment, and rehabilitation of displaced families.

Replaced the colonial-era Land Acquisition Act of 1894. Required consent of 80% of landowners for private projects and 70% for PPP projects, social impact assessment, enhanced compensation (2-4x market value), and mandatory rehabilitation.

Centrally sponsored scheme to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions by building capacities of elected representatives and functionaries. Aimed to improve local governance, accountability, and devolution of powers to gram panchayats.

Restructured poverty alleviation programme replacing SGSY to reduce rural poverty through self-managed Self Help Groups (SHGs). Mobilised over 9 crore women into 83 lakh SHGs with bank linkages for sustainable livelihoods.

Central Act enacted 2009-01-07. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Central Act enacted 2007-05-11. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Guarantees 100 days of wage employment per year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work. The world's largest work guarantee programme, covering over 700 districts.

Guaranteed 100 days of wage employment per year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The world's largest public works programme, providing a social safety net to millions. Later renamed MGNREGA.

Comprehensive healthcare initiative to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to rural populations, especially vulnerable groups. Introduced ASHA workers at the village level across India.

Major health sector initiative to provide accessible, affordable, and quality healthcare to rural populations. Introduced ASHA workers, strengthened sub-centres and PHCs, and focused on maternal and child health. Later subsumed into National Health Mission.

Expansion of the rural roads programme to provide all-weather connectivity to unconnected habitations with population of 500+ in plain areas and 250+ in hilly and tribal areas.

Launched to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations with population of 500+ (250+ in hilly/tribal areas). Connected over 1.7 lakh habitations, transforming rural access to markets, healthcare, and education.

Campaign to eradicate open defecation through construction of individual household latrines, community sanitary complexes, and school sanitation. Predecessor to Swachh Bharat Mission. Introduced Nirmal Gram Puraskar awards.

Central Act enacted 1996-12-24. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Flagship rural housing programme providing financial assistance for construction of houses to BPL families in rural areas. Predecessor to PM Awas Yojana (Gramin). Provided pucca houses to millions of rural families.

Central Act enacted 1994-04-23. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).

Constitutional amendment that gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions, mandating regular elections, reservation for SC/ST and women (one-third), and devolution of powers to local self-government bodies across rural India.