Governament of Goa,
Department of Rural Development
About Us
Rural India which encompasses three fourths of the Country's population is Characterized
by low income levels, inadequate to ensure a quality of life compatible with physical
well being. The Ministry of Rural Development, spearheading the frontal attack on
rural poverty, through its various programmes endeavored to reach out to the last
and most disadvantaged sections of society, provide them with avenues of employment,
be it self-employment or wage-employment, and to improve infrastructure relating
to their life support systems.
In State of Goa this task is entrusted to two DRDAs viz District Rural Development
Agency-North Goa and District Rural Development Agency-South Goa. The Agency came
into existence when the Government established the Small Farmers Development Agency
(S.F.D.A.) which has been amalgamated with the then Rural Development Agency on
4.11.1980.
for more details: http://rdagoa.nic.in/