History
As of May 2008, the Minister in charge of Rural Development was Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ministers of state were Miss. Agatha Sangma, Mr. Shishir Adhikari and Mr. Pradeep Jain Aditya.
On 12 July 2011, the Ministry was given over to Jairam Ramesh, an IIT-B graduate. On 13 July 2011 the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation was separated from the Ministry of Rural Development and named the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitaton. Jairam Ramesh himself assumed additional charge of the Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
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