7 scheme(s) in this category.
Rural schemes are usually delivered through the Gram Panchayat and validated by the Gram Sabha, which makes the panchayat office the right place to ask rather than a website.
Beneficiary lists are often drawn from periodic surveys. If a survey has closed, the practical question is when the next one opens, not whether you meet the criteria today.
Ministry of Rural Development · Central
Free skill training linked to a job for poor rural youth aged 15 to 35, where at least 70 percent of those trained must be placed in work paying minimum wages or more.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Central assistance of 80% of the cost of an agricultural drone, up to Rs 8 lakh, for women's Self Help Groups so they can rent out drone spraying services to farmers.
Potential benefit Up to ₹8,00,000 one time, per Self Help Group
Ministry of Rural Development · Central
One-time payment of Rs 20,000 to a below-poverty-line household when the main earning member dies between the ages of 18 and 59.
Potential benefit Up to ₹20,000 one time
Ministry of Rural Development · Central
Grant assistance for rural families without a permanent house to build a basic pucca home.
Potential benefit ₹1,20,000 – ₹1,30,000 per house
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Direct income support of Rs 6,000 a year, paid in three instalments to farming families who own cultivable land.
Potential benefit Up to ₹6,000 per year
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying · Central
Support for fishers, fish farmers and fish workers to set up or expand fisheries activities, with 40% of project cost for general category and 60% for SC, ST and women beneficiaries.
Ministry of Rural Development · Central
The rural employment guarantee law that replaced MGNREGA from 1 July 2026. It guarantees 125 days of paid unskilled manual work in a financial year to every rural household that asks for it.