Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)-   The programme is designed to deliver catalytic interventions to rural areas on the threshold of growth. It is now a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. Shared between the Centre and the State in a ratio of 60:40 for Plain area States and 90:10 for Himalayan and NE States.

• Main objective of the scheme is bridging the rural-urban divide-viz: economic, technological and those related to facilities and services.
• Under the mission, the Central government in coordination with the district administration has taken measures to bring about multi-layered phased development of the rural gram panchayats and villages on the lines of urban cities with proper civic amenities keeping the soul of villages intact.
• A ‘Rurban cluster’, would be a cluster of geographically contiguous villages with a population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and with a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas. 
• These clusters typically illustrate potential for growth, have economic drivers and derive locational and competitive advantages.