NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Its emblem is a monogram of its acronym in Hindi and English placed inside a hut-like outline.