name = Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India|
logo = Logo Ministry of Rural Development.JPG|
location = GoudaNew Delhi, The Netherlands India|orgtype = NGO Governmental organisation |class = International NGO Central|keywork = urban environment developmentRural Development programs, <br />knowledge transferland resource programs , <br /> facilitation of small scale entrepeneurshipdrinking water supply programs|website = [http://wwwrural.wastenic.nlin/ wwwrural.wastenic.nlin]
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WASTE is a multi-disciplinary consultancy team The Ministry of Rural Development of India consists of experts on urban environment, solid waste management, urban planningthree departments: Rural Development, sanitation Land Resources and environmental economyDrinking Water Supply. WASTE advises The Ministry is acting as a catalyst effecting the change in sustainable improvement rural areas through the implementation of the urban environment. WASTE carries out assignments in close co-operation with local partners. The focus wide spectrum of activities is on low-income urban areas in order to developprogrammes which are aimed at poverty alleviation, together with local residentsemployment generation, tools infrastructure development and means for their own development, enabling them social security. Next to improve their living conditions, its national programs the environment and to create employment Ministry functions as a sound economic base nodal department for their futuretwo international organizations viz. Another important focal point for WASTE , the role Centre on Integrated Rural Development of smallAsia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) and the Afro-scale entrepreneurs and their Asian Rural Development Organization (potentialAARDO) contribution . The objectives of the Ministry are achieved through formulation, development and implementation of programmes relating to the provision various spheres of urban services rural life and their integration in activities, from income generation to environmental replenishment. Health, education, drinking water, housing and roads are the municipal services efocal topics.g. in resource recovery and Bringing women into the mainstream of development is also a major concern for the removal Ministry of Rural Development of urban wasteIndia. Through short-term inputsIn addition, regular support is given the Ministry extends some financial assistance to the States with a view to improve the quality of training programmes and to project partners, who are ultimately responsible catalyze capacity building initiatives for themthe PRI elected members and functionaries.
== Main activities ==
*Solid waste management Administrative and institutional support*Training and research*Human resource recovery development*Low-cost sanitation and liquid waste management Development of voluntary action*Provision of Drinking Water Supply*Community based environmental improvement Extension of Sanitation facilities *Micro- Development of desert and small enterprise development drought prone areas
== External links ==
[http://wwwrural.wastenic.nl WASTE in Government of India - Ministry of Rural Development website]
