Animal Husbandry Development Programmes
S. No. Name of the Programme Year of Initiation
1. Military Dairy Farm (Allahabad) 1889
2. First Census of Cattle 1919
3. Premium Bull Scheme 1928
4. Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) 1946
5. Central Herd Registration Scheme (CHRS) 1949
6. Central Goshala Development Board (CGDB) 1949
7. Central Council of Gosamvardhana (CCG) 1952
8. Key Village Scheme (KVS) 1952
9. Hill Cattle Development Scheme (HCDS) 1955
10. Progeny Testing Scheme (PTS) 1960
11. Indo-Swiss Project 1960
12. Establishment of Sheep Breeding Farms 3rd Five Year Plan (FYP) (1960-65)
13. Indo-Danish Project 1964
14. Intensive Cattle Development Programme (ICDP) 1964
15. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) 1965
16. All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Cattle 1968
17. Sheep and Wool Extension and Grading Centres 4th FYP (1969-74)
18. Operation Flood Phase I – 1970-80
Phase II – 1981-85
Phase III – 1986-96
19. Dairy Herd Improvement Action (DIPA) Programme (by NDDB) 1970
20. Open Nucleus Breeding Scheme (ONBS) (by NDDB) 1970
21. National Milk Grid (NMG) (by NDDB) 1970
22. National Milch Herd (NMH) (by NDDB) 1970
23. AICRP on Buffalo 1970
24. AICRP on Poultry Meat and Eggs 1970
25. National Co-operative Dairy Federation of India (NCDF) 1970
26. AICRP on Sheep and Goat 1971
27. National Co-operative Development Corporation 1972
28. Special Livestock Breeding Programme (SLBP) 1976
29. Fish Farmers Development Agency (FFDA) 1976
30. Decade of Poultry in India 6th and 7th FYP (1980-90)
31. National Project on Biogas Development (Now known as National Biogas and Manure Management Programme) 1981
32. National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) May, 1982
33. Technology Mission on Dairy Development (TMDD) 1988
34. Network Project on Sheep Improvement (NWPSI) 1990
35. Network Project on Goat Improvement (NWPGI) 1990
36. Deep Sea Fishing Policy 1991
37. Intensive Dairy Development Project (IDDP) 1992
38. National Project on Rinderpest Eradication (NPRE) 1998
39. National Policy for Cattle and Bovine Breeding (NPCBB) 2000
40. Conservation of Threatened Breeds of Small Ruminants, Rabbits, Pigs, Pack Animals and Equines 2002
41. Livestock Insurance Scheme (LIS) 2005
42. Fodder and Feed Development Scheme 2005
43. National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) 2006
44. Intensive Dairy Development Programme (IDDP) 2006
45. Intensive Poultry Development Project 2006
46. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) 2010
47. Pig Development Scheme 2010
48. Integrated Development of Small Ruminants and Rabbits (IDSRR) 2010
49. Utilization of Fallen Animals 2010
50. Salvaging and Rearing of Male Buffalo Calves (SRMB) 2010
51. National Mission for Protein Supplements 2011
52. Accelerated Fodder Development Programme 2011
53. National Dairy Plan (NDP) (by NDDB) 2012
54. National Livestock Policy (NLP) 2013
55. National Livestock Mission (NLM) 2014
56. National Policy for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBBDD) 2014
57. Rashtriya Gokul Misson (RGM) 2014
58. National Mission on Bovine Productivity (NMBP) 2016
59. GOBAR (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources) – Dhan Scheme 2018
Agricultural Development Programmes
S. No. Name of the Programme Year of Initiation
1. Nalagarh Committee (to assess agricultural development under CDP) Report 1958
2. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) 1958
3. Intensive Agriculture Development Programme (IADP) 1959-60
4. Intensive Agriculture District Programme/Package Programme 1960
5. Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IAAP) 1964
6. High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP) 1965
7. National Demonstration (ND) (by ICAR) 1965 (1st Stage)
1967 (2nd Stage)
1969 (3rd Stage)
1970 (4th Stage)
8. Command Area Development Programme (CADP) 1966
9. Krishi Darshan (First TV Programme on Agriculture) 1967
10. Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) 1971
11. Intensive Cotton Development Programme (ICDP) 1971
12. Marginal Farmers And Agricultural Labour Development Agency (MFLA) 1973
13. Agriculture Research System (ARS) 1973
14. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) (by ICAR) 1974
15. Operational Research Project (ORP) (by ICAR) 1975
16. National Commission on Agriculture 1976
17. Training and Visit System (T&V) 1978
18. Lab to Land Programme (by ICAR) 1979
19. Farming System Research and Extension (FSRE) 1980
20. National Agriculture Extension Project (NAEP) 1982
21. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) 1982
22. Transfer of Technology (TOT) Project (by IARI) May, 1985
23. Technology Mission on Oilseeds (TMO) 1986
24. Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) 1987
25. National Agriculture Research Project (NARP)
(by ICAR, World Bank sponsored project)
1988
26. Technology Mission on Pulses (TMP) 1990
27. Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium (SFAC) 1994
28. Technology Mission on Maize (TMM) 1995
29. Watershed Development Programme
(Based on Shri Hunumant Rai Committee Report)
1995
30. Technology Assessment and Refinement (TAR) – Institution Village Linkage Project (IVLP) (by ICAR) 1995
31. National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) (by ICAR) 1998
32. National Agricultural Research System (NARS) (by ICAR) 1998
33. Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) (by ICAR) 1998
34. Kisan Credit Card (KCC) 1998
35. National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) 1999
36. Macro Management of Agriculture Scheme (MMA) 2000
37. Gramin Bhandaran Yojana / Rural Godown Scheme 2001
38. Kisan Call Centre 2004
39. National Commission on Farmers 2004
40. National Horticulture Mission 2005
41. Seed Village Programme 2005
42. National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP) (by ICAR) 2006
43. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) or National Agriculture Development Scheme (NADS) 2007
44. National Food Security Mission (NFSM) 2007
45. National Policy for Farmers 2007
46. Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (ACABC) (by MANAGE) 2009
47. National Mission on Agriculture Extension and Technology (NMAET) 2010
48. National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) 2011
49. Green Revolution for North-East Region 2011
50. National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) 2013
51. National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) 2013
52. Agriculture Skill Council of India 2013
53. Mission on Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) 2014
54. National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) 2014
55. Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) 2014
56. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) 2014
57. National Policy on Crop Residue Management (NPCRM) 2014
58. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) 2015
59. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) 2015
60. Agricultural Technology Infrastructural Fund (ATIF) 2015
61. Soil Health Card (SHC) 2015
62. Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC) 2015
63. Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) (by ICAR) 2015
64. Farmer FIRST (Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology) (by ICAR) 2015
65. Student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) (by ICAR) 2015
66. Mera Gaon, Mera Gaurav (MGMG) (by ICAR) 2015
67. DD Kisan TV Channel 2015
68. National Agriculture Market (E-NAM) 2015
69. Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) 2015
70. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) 2016
71. Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North-Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) 2016
Rural Development Programmes
Pre-independence
S. No. Name of the Programme Started in Year Started at Started by
1. Famine Commission 1866 Establishment of Department of Agriculture in 1871 British Government
2. Department of Agriculture 1871 On Recommendations of Famine Commission British Government
3. Scheme of Rural Reconstruction 1903 Sunderbans, West Bengal Sir Daniel Hamilton
4. Servants of Indian Society 1905 Poona Shri Gopal Krishna Kokale
5. Scheme of Rural Development 1908 Kaligram, West Bengal Shri Rabindra Nath Tagore
6. Co-operative Deposit Institute 1910 Under Ideal Village Project Sir Daniel Hamilton
7. Economic Conference of Mysore 1914 Mysore Dr. M.S. Visveswarya
8. Marthandam Project 1921 Marthandam (near Kanyakumari) Dr. Spencer Hatch
9. Shriniketan Project 1921 Shriniketan, West Bengal Shri Rabindra Nath Tagore
10. Institute of Rural Reconstruction 1922 Shriniketan, West Bengal Shri Rabindra Nath Tagore and Leonard Knight Elmhirst
11. Sewagram (including All India Village Industry Association, All India Spinners Association, Hindustani Education Association and Kasturba Gandhi Association) 1927 Wardha Shri Mahatma Gandhi
12. Gurgaon Project 1928 Gurgaon Mr. F.L. Brayne
13. Royal Commission on Agriculture 1928 Led to the formation of ICAR –
14. Imperial Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) 16th July, 1929 Now Indian Council of Agricultural Research
15. Baroda Village Reconstruction Project 1932 Baroda Shri B.T. Krishnamachari
16. Indian Village Service (IVS) 1945 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Shri B.N. Gupta and A.T. Mosher
17. Firka Development Scheme 1946 Madras Firka was headed by Gram Sewaks
18. Sarvodya Programme 1946 Bombay State Shri Vinoba Bhave
Post-independence
S. No. Name of the Programme Started in Year
1. Etawah Pilot Project (by Mr. Albert Mayor) 1948
2. Nilokheri Project (by Shri S.K. Dey) 1948
3. Grow More Food Campaign 1948 (Initiated 1942)
4. Community Development Project (CDP) 2nd October 1952
5. National Extension Service 2nd October 1953
6. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 1956-58
7. First Panchayati Raj Institute (PRI) – Nagaur (Rajasthan) 2nd October, 1959
8. Tribal and Hill Area Development Programme 1973
9. Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) 1973
10. National Policy for Children 1974
11. Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) 1974
12. Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) 1975
13. Desert Development Programme (DDP) 1977
14. Food for Work Programme 1977
15. Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM) 1979-80
16. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) 1976 (Pilot Basis)
1980 (For whole country)
17. National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) 1980
18. Twenty Point Programme 1980
19. Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas 1982
20. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) 1983
21. Revitalization of PRIs – Dr. L.M. Singhvi Committee Report 1986
22. Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) 1986
23. Women’s Development Corporation 1986-87
24. Support to Training cum Employment for Women Programme (STEP) 1987
25. Million Well Scheme (MWS) 1988-89
26. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) 1989
27. Local Area Development of the Parliamentary Members 1990
28. Panchayati Raj Act or Constitutional (73rd Amendment) Act 1992
29. Supply of Improved Tool-Kits to Rural Artisans (SITRA) 1992
30. Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) 1993
31. Rastriya Mahila Kosh March, 1993
32. Mahila Samriddhi Yojana October, 1993
33. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) 1995
34. Indira Mahila Yojana August, 1995
35. National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) 1995
36. Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) 1996
37. Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) April, 1999
38. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) April, 1999
39. Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) 1999
40. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) 2000
41. Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) 2000
42. Sampoorana Gramin Rozgar Yojana Sept, 2001
43. Providing Urban amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) 2004
44. Bharat Nirman 2005
45. Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005
46. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) 2005
47. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005
48. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) 2006
49. Aam Admi Bima Yojana` 2008
50. Prime Minister’s Emplyment Generation Programme 2008
51. Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana 2010
52. National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) 2011
53. Roshni: Skill Development Scheme for Tribals 2013
54. Make in India 2014
55. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 2014
56. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) 2014
57. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) 2014
58. Skill India 2015
59. National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (NPSDE) 2015
60. Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) 2015
61. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana 2016
62. National Rurban Mission 2016
63. DISHA 2017
64. Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2018
65. National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyan) 2018
66. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan 2018
67. Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme 2018
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