The Rural Development Department looks after the new construction, repair and maintenance of all the Government Buildings in the rural areas. The constructions, repair and maintenance of teh buildings include civil works, sanitary installation and electric installation. The funds required for these activities are made available through Budget. The Rural Buildings are broadly classified into two categories.

(i) Non-Residential Buildings

(ii) Residential Buildings

Non-Residential Buildings

         Non-Residential Buildings in rural areas normally means to all Government offices situated in rural areas. In total there are  32,99,831.815 Sqm plinth area for the Non-Residential Buildings. These buildings belong to different Department such as Rural Development, Home, Education, Health, Revenue, Fisheries, Agriculture and Finance Department etc.

Residential Buildings

         Residential buildings means the Government Quarters provided in rural areas. In total there are 11,83,197.700 sqm plinth area for the Residential Buildings belonging to different Departments but borne in the book of R.D. Department for their up keep.

        The annual maintenance grants for both the categories of Non-Residential and Residential buildings are made available through special reapir grants through the budget.

12th Finance Commissioner Award

         Realizing the urgent need for repair and maintenance of the Government buildings, and also considering the insufficient budgetary allocation for the purpose, the Central Government has made a meaningful interventions, through the 12th Finance Commission Award for funding the repair of the non-residential buildings to the tune of Rs.167.14 crores spread over a period of 4 years i.e. from 2006-07 to 2009-10 for liming of this Department.