{"id":7763,"date":"2025-07-14T11:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&p=7763"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:38:25","slug":"integrated-rural-development-programme-irdp","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/glossary\/integrated-rural-development-programme-irdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IRDP was a major Indian government scheme started in 1978 (launched nationwide in 1980). Its goal was to help rural families living in poverty gain self-employment. It did this by giving them assets<\/a>, training, and support so they could earn enough to cross the poverty line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core Objectives of IRDP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Generate Self‑Employment<\/strong>
    Give rural poor families tools and support to start small businesses or farming activities. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Alleviate Poverty<\/strong>
    Help families increase income steadily so they can live above the poverty line.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Provide Productive Assets<\/strong>
    Provide assets like livestock, tools, or equipment from primary to tertiary     sector<\/a>s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Promote Sustainable Rural Growth<\/strong>
    Boost agriculture, cottage industries, fisheries, livestock, and infrastructure in villages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Raise Rural Living Standards<\/strong>
    Improve income, health, education, water supply, and roads to enhance quality of life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Support Vulnerable Groups<\/strong>
    Prioritize women, scheduled castes and tribes, differently-abled individuals, artisans, and small farmers. Provide extra subsidies and assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Simple Real-Life Example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Imagine a poor rural family receives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • A goat (productive asset)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Training in animal care<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • A small subsidy and bank loan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      They start selling milk. Over a year, their earnings grow. This steady income helps them rise above the poverty threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The IRDP ended in 1999 and merged into the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana, but its focus on integrated, self-employment‑based rural development shaped future schemes like MGNREGA and SHG programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The IRDP was a major Indian government scheme started in 1978 (launched nationwide in 1980). Its goal was to help rural families living in poverty gain self-employment. It did this by giving them assets, training, and support so they could earn enough to cross the poverty line. Core Objectives of IRDP Simple Real-Life Example Imagine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7763","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/7763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/7763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7764,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/7763\/revisions\/7764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}