Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Ministry of Rural Development
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Description area
Dates of existence
1977-1985
History
A Separate Ministry of Rural Development was created in September 1978, to co-ordinate various functions of rural development societies in keeping abreast with other development activities taking place in the country.
Some of the main functions of the ministry are stimulation and promotion of peoples participation on the development and improvement of their social, cultural and economic conditions through rural development societies and other village level peoples organization, reconstruction of village tanks, irrigation channels and other rural upliftment projects on a shramadana basis, promotion of rural development societies and granting of financial and other assistance, to rural development work.
As its special function the ministry supervises, promotes and develops programes of work of the Department of Rural Development.
Some of the main functions of the ministry are stimulation and promotion of peoples participation on the development and improvement of their social, cultural and economic conditions through rural development societies and other village level peoples organization, reconstruction of village tanks, irrigation channels and other rural upliftment projects on a shramadana basis, promotion of rural development societies and granting of financial and other assistance, to rural development work.
As its special function the ministry supervises, promotes and develops programes of work of the Department of Rural Development.
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Control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/MRD
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LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
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Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin