Rural development
Improving quality of life in rural areas
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| June 2025 |
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
The Union Government of India sanctioned the largest-ever package under PMGSY-IV for Jammu and Kashmir, totaling ₹4,224.23 crore, covering 316 road projects to improve rural connectivity.
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| 2025 | Mihail Dumitru serves as acting Director General |
| 2025 |
Canadian Northern Corridor
Mark Carney's governing Liberal Party budgeted $5 billion for a Trade Diversification Corridor Fund.
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| 2025 |
Canadian Northern Corridor
Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party revived the idea of a 'National Energy Corridor' during the federal election.
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| 2025 |
Canadian Northern Corridor
The University of Calgary, School of Public Policy plans to present their comprehensive research paper on the Canadian Northern Corridor to the Government of Canada.
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| 2025 | With Donald Trump's election, the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) targets the Southern Crescent Regional Commission for potential elimination from the federal budget. |
| February 18 2025 |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) merged with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to form the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in a significant administrative restructuring of the Vietnamese government.
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| January 1 2025 | Roy Cooper left office as Governor of North Carolina. |
| 2024 | Christophe Hansen becomes European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| August 28 2024 | Zakir Ahmed Khan becomes Chairman of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation |
| August 12 2024 | M Khairul Hossain's tenure as Chairman concludes |
| August 9 2024 |
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
A. F. Hassan Ariff becomes an Independent Adviser to the government under Muhammad Yunus.
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| June 2024 | North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper was appointed to serve as state co-chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. |
| January 11 2024 |
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Swapan Bhattacharjee becomes Minister for Local Government Division, and Md Tazul Islam continues as Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division under Sheikh Hasina's fifth government.
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| 2023 |
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
Kgotia K. Autlwetse passed away, marking the end of their association with the ministry
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| 2023 | RUS was in charge of the ReConnect Program, a Biden administration initiative to expand broadband Internet access to rural parts of America, including the Marshall Islands. |
| December 29 2023 | Chung Hwang-keun leaves office, and Song Mi-ryung becomes the 67th Minister |
| September 2023 | Zakir Ahmed Khan became chairman of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), taking leadership of the financial institution focused on rural development in Bangladesh. |
| September 14 2023 | M Khairul Hossain begins chairmanship of the foundation |
| September 13 2023 | Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad's tenure as Chairman ends |
| March 2023 | The Ministry gained responsibilities related to rural science and technology from the Ministry of Science and Technology and absorbed the National Rural Revitalization Administration as part of the plan on reforming Party and state institutions. |
| March 2023 |
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas was extended up to March 2023.
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| December 6 2022 | The United States Senate confirmed Juan Sanchez as the first Federal Co-chairman of the Southwest Border Regional Commission, following his previous role as Director of Economic Development and Special Initiatives for Senator Martin Heinrich. |
| October 2022 |
NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
NTCA was the most active group lobbying the FCC, filing at eight separate instances.
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| September 2022 |
Access to justice
Georgetown University Law Center launched the Judicial Innovation Fellowship program, placing private industry technologists in state and tribal courts to develop new software improving public access to justice and court administration.
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| September 2022 |
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved continuation of PMGSY-I and PMGSY-II up to September 2022.
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| June 2022 | Ni Hong becomes the eighth minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in June 2022. |
| May 10 2022 | Kim Hyeon-soo leaves office, and Chung Hwang-keun becomes the 66th Minister |
| 2021 | President Biden's first budget included $253,000,000 for the ARC, with an additional $5.3 Billion in direct aid proposed for local governments in the Appalachian region through the stimulus proposal. |
| 2021 |
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
End of a period of significant fund misappropriation in the MGNREGA scheme, with about 1000 crore of funds stolen.
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| 2021 |
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
99.7% of payments under the Act were processed through electronic transfer, highlighting significant digital transformation in wage disbursement.
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| 2021 |
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
India submitted its Third Biennial Update Report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, highlighting MGNREGA's contribution to carbon sequestration, with potential to capture 249 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030.
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| 2021 |
NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
NTCA advocated for provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to ensure future-proof networks in rural broadband deployment funding.
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| 2021 |
Rural poverty
The Rural Development Report found that globally 627 million people lived in extreme poverty, with 70 percent (437 million) located in rural areas.
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| December 9 2021 | The U.S. Senate confirmed Jennifer Clyburn Reed's appointment as Federal Co-Chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. |
| December 8 2021 | U.S. Senate confirms Jennifer Clyburn Reed as the first federal co-chairperson of the SCRC, enabling the commission to convene and begin activities. |
| August 2021 | U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Jennifer Clyburn Reed as Federal Co-Chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. |
| April 29 2021 | Gayle Conelly Manchin was confirmed by the Senate as the federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, appointed by President Joe Biden. |
| 2020 | María Angeles Benítez Salas serves as acting Director General |
| 2020 |
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
A research paper by Asher and Novosad examined the impact of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana road construction program, finding that after four years, the primary effect was facilitating worker movement out of agriculture, but with minimal changes in agricultural outcomes, income, or local economic opportunities.
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| 2020 |
NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
During the COVID-19 pandemic, NTCA's advocacy contributed to broadband funding in the CARES Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.
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| 2020 |
Rural poverty
FAO study estimates USD 520 billion in social hidden costs driven by poverty and USD 51 billion from undernourishment in global agrifood systems, with most significant impacts in low-income countries where hidden costs exceed 50% of total quantified costs.
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| December 2020 | The Ministry designated 6.6 million hectares of prime agricultural land as grain zones with high production methods, and raised subsidies for rice, corn, and soybean growing. |
| September 23 2020 | Transfer of Islands from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
| April 2020 | Wolfgang Burtscher becomes Director-General of DG AGRI, beginning his tenure which is set to last until May 2025. |
| 2019 |
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Initial target date for Members of Parliament to transform their first selected village into a model village, with plans to subsequently develop two to three additional villages.
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| 2019 | Jerzy Bogdan Plewa's term as Director General ends |
| 2019 | Janusz Wojciechowski succeeds Phil Hogan as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development |
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