National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD)

The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Rural Development.

• It also acts as a coordinating agency for SIRDs i.e. Statistics Institutes for Rural Development.
• It performs the following functions -
  • Organise training programmes, conferences, seminars and workshops for senior level development managers, elected representatives, bankers, NGOs and other stakeholders;
  • Undertake, aid, promote and coordinate research on its own and / or collaborate with Statistics, national and international development agencies;
  • Analyze and offer solutions to problems encountered in planning and implementation of the programmes for rural development, decentralized governance, panchayati raj and related programmes;
  • Study the functioning of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and rural development programmes across the States;
  • Analyze and propose solutions to problems in planning and implementation of the programmes for rural development; and
  • Develop content and disseminate information and transfer technology through periodicals, reports, e-modules and other publications.