Rural Indian women are bridging the healthcare gap by integrating ancient Ayurvedic practices with modern medicine. These ...

India’s JEEViKA program ( i.e., livelihoods), financed by the World Bank, works exclusively with women from poor rural families and has transformed livelihoods in the state of Bihar. Between 2008 to ...

The Commission is in the middle of approving new programmes for rural development. [<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?lang=en&language=en&ref_site=photo ...

To enhance employability and promote sustainable livelihoods in rural India, a comprehensive state-level review of skill development programmes was held here in Haryana. National Mission Manager ...

As India sets its sights on becoming Viksit Bharat by 2047, the transformation of its rural economy is not just a policy imperative—it is the foundation of national progress. Nearly two-thirds of ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a property card scheme on Sunday that he vowed would provide clarity of property rights in villages and enable farmers to use their property as collateral ...

Mangaluru: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the rural development activities of Dharmasthala institutions that empower women are fit to be part of govt policy. She was speaking ...

Shakuntala Devi of Kulabira village in Jharkhand state travels to other distant states to sell her finger millet snacks whenever the Indian government organises fairs to showcase rural products. From ...

Dr. Prashant Prabhakar Deshpande has post-graduated in Economics with a Gold Medal in 1976 and was awarded a Ph.D in Social Sciences from Nagpur University in 2007. The July 2025 round of the Rural ...

Rural india, where nearly 65% of the population resides, is undergoing a transformative renaissance, laying the foundation for India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat. Traditionally the backbone of the ...

In India, as a result of development, the demand for water is increasing both in urban and rural areas. This may increase tensions and disputes over sharing of water resources. For water demand ...