Rural Works Programme (RWP)

iAbout This Scheme

The Rural Works Programme, operational from 1971, was a centrally-sponsored scheme to generate supplementary employment in rural areas through construction of productive community assets. It was run through state governments and funded on a 50:50 centre-state basis. The RWP was subsumed into the National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) when NREP was launched in 1980.

🎁Key Benefits

• Wage employment in construction of village roads
• Minor irrigation tank construction and desilting
• School and community building construction
• Land levelling and soil conservation works

✅Eligibility Criteria

• 1
  Scheme discontinued — historical archive only

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions