The Rural Development Department in the UT of Ladakh is playing a vital role for poverty alleviation and providing rural infrastructures. The Department implement the most prestigious scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which provides 100 days guaranteed manual employment to every eligible household in a year.Under State Sector (Capex), the department besides other activities is providing all weather road connectivity to every villages/hamletand also sustainable approach paths by fixing of interlocking tiles.