ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, in the absence of banks, rural credit schemes are helping women access formal financing and reducing their reliance on loan sharks… Read More
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A startup that’s empowering rural women to become entrepreneurs
Ajaita Shah of last-mile rural distribution startup Frontier Markets believes that every rural family should be treated as a dignified customer, with the right to access quality solutions. Over 800 million rural consumers in India are not being serviced by most product and service providers, including e-commerce platforms for their daily needs, she says. Read More
The free grain scheme risks undermining more than the rural economy
The problem with govt’s decision lies not with fiscal maths but with how it addresses realities of economics of farming and the income levels of much of India’s working population, writes T N Ninan Read More
Year-End Review -2022: Ministry of Rural Development
Key Initiatives and Achievements of Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) during the year 2022Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) a total of 11.37 Crore households availed employment and a Read More
A Nude Calendar to Save a Spanish Hamlet of 16 People: What is the Problem of Rural Flight? EXPLAINED
Explained: A Spanish hamlet had just 16 residents left. A nude calendar might become their savior Read More
Keep eye on earnings trajectory; govt focus may shift to rural India in Budget: Dhananjay Sinha
“Many companies have been saying about the drag in the rural areas and we think that the government is actually shifting there with a new supplementary Budget. Additional budget is going largely to the rural areas, into employment, into subsidy etc and those are the places where the policy shift is happening. “ Read More
Haryana rural sanitation workers hold sit-in, want jobs regularised
Hundreds of rural sanitation workers held a dharna here today in protest against the state government for not confirming their jobs and instead bringing in a new recruitment policy. Read More
Top Indian companies performing CSR for Rural Development
Top Indian companies performing CSR for Rural Development Top Indian companies performing CSR for Rural Development Top companies CSR for Rural Development Read More
Rise in rural distress
The number of workers in agriculture was 188 million, or 42.5% of the total workforce, in 2018–19; it had been dropping regularly since 2004–05 (49%). Thanks to the reverse migration due to the Read More
Rural social enterprise is the way to expand wings and live Amrit Kaal’s dreams
The village is the pillar of India. Annie Besant’s famous saying, “The destruction of India’s village system was the greatest of England’s blunders,” is apt and well-understood in recent times. In Amrit Kaal, Prime Minister… Read More