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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