About this employment scheme
The Rural Prosperity and Resilience Programme is a major Budget 2025 (February 2025) initiative to address rural underemployment in agriculture through skilling, entrepreneurship, agri-investment, and rural infrastructure. The programme has a multi-sectoral approach focused on: (1) Skilling for young rural workers, women, and small/marginal farmers; (2) Entrepreneurship development for rural startups and FPOs; (3) Investment in agri-value chains, food processing, and rural infrastructure; (4) Rural-urban migration pause through local livelihood creation. Phase 1 focuses on 100 priority districts identified for high under-employment. Implemented in convergence with PMKVY, DAY-NRLM, PMEGP, and Make-in-India.
Programme snapshot
| Scheme Name | Rural Prosperity & Resilience Programme 2026 — Budget 2025 Flagship | Address Rural Underemployment |
| Launched By | Government of India |
| Launch Year | 2025 |
| Benefit | Skilling + entrepreneurship + agri-investment + rural infrastructure — targeted at addressing rural under-employment in 100 priority districts (Phase 1) |
| Category | Employment |
| Last Verified | 4 September 2026 |
| Official Portal | https://rural.nic.in |
What workers receive
Skilling + entrepreneurship + agri-investment + rural infrastructure — targeted at addressing rural under-employment in 100 priority districts (Phase 1)
Which workers qualify
- ✓Rural workers (young, women, small/marginal farmers) in 100 priority districts (Phase 1)
- ✓Rural entrepreneurs and startups
- ✓Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
- ✓Self Help Groups (SHGs) under DAY-NRLM
- ✓Rural youth seeking skill training under PMKVY linkage
Documents required at enrolment
Registration process
- 1Check if your district is among the 100 priority districts selected for Phase 1 rollout.
- 2There's no single application form — the programme works through convergence with existing schemes like PMKVY, DAY-NRLM, and PMEGP.
- 3Rural youth seeking skill training access it through the PMKVY skilling network linked to this programme.
- 4Women and small/marginal farmers join through Self Help Groups under DAY-NRLM for entrepreneurship support.
- 5Rural entrepreneurs and FPOs access agri-investment and value-chain support through the programme's convergence channels.
- 6Keep Aadhaar Card, rural residency proof, and an Aadhaar-linked bank account ready, since linked schemes require them for DBT.
- 7Track programme rollout and priority-district updates on rural.nic.in.
Official Government Portal
Use rural.nic.in directly — there is no application fee, and no third party can speed up your approval.
🔗Apply on rural.nic.in