We are committed to ensuring that the Department of Rural Development website is accessible to all users irrespective of device in use, technology or ability. It has been built with the aim of providing maximum accessibility and usability to its visitors, following the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW 3.0) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA.
Accessibility features
- Skip to main content link: press Tab once on any page, then Enter.
- The UX4G accessibility button (bottom-right of every page) offers text size, spacing, contrast, dyslexia-friendly font, link highlighting, text-to-speech and more.
- Text size, high contrast and pause animations can also be set below. Your choice is remembered on this device. The site also follows your operating system's "reduce motion" setting, and every slideshow and ticker has its own pause button.
- Full keyboard navigation with clearly visible focus indicators, including the main menu and all dialogs.
- Meaningful alternative text for images, proper headings, landmarks and labelled form fields.
- Documents are labelled with their file type and size; external links show a notice before leaving the site.
- Responsive layout that works on mobile phones, tablets and desktops, and colours that meet WCAG AA contrast ratios.
Display settings
Known limitations
Some older PDF documents (such as scanned reports from earlier years) may not be fully accessible to screen readers. If you need any document in an accessible format, please contact us and we will try to provide it.
Feedback
If you face any problem accessing this website, please contact the Web Information Manager, Department of Rural Development at nagard@nic.in or 0370-2271106, or use the feedback form. Please mention the page address and the nature of the problem.
See also: Screen Reader Access · Help