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Rural Development which is concerned with economic growth and social justice, improvement in the living standard of the rural people by providing adequate and quality social services and minimum basic needs becomes essential. The present strategy of rural development mainly focuses on poverty alleviation, better livelihood opportunities, provision of basic amenities and infrastructure facilities through innovative programmes of wage and self-employment. ICT is the new tool for rural development. Information and Communication Technology, if used properly can be of great advantage for the development at grass root levels. At the same time challenge remains with the administration to capture the minds of the rural masses, mostly illiterate, to make them adapt the new technology which is completely alien to them. There are various rural development schemes run by the government of India and also organizations are present to look after the implementations of these programmes.