State of housing in India: What data shows
By Tadit Kundu While housing conditions in general have improved in recent years, disparities still persist across communities, and between rural and urban areas Roughly one […]
Rural Development
âEnough funds available, claim and achieve targetâ: Centre to states on rural housing scheme
The government had set a target of building 1 crore houses by 2019. The centre has urged 22 states and union territories to claim funds […]
Muslims left out of the India growth story, study shows
By Nikita Kwatra India may have failed to enable its citizens to break free from the social and economic status of their parents One of the […]
Andhra Pradesh hosts most of India’s top 10 villages but Telangana’s Tellapur is No. 1
According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Rural Development, Telangana’s Tellapur village is the best village in India but Andhra Pradesh is home […]
NIRDPR to initiate creation of clusters of successful GPs across India
The institute aims to create a âschool of practicesâ and follow the âhub and spokeâ model in reaching 50,000 Mission Antyodaya GPs over a period […]
Small farmers can be growth engines, not just beneficiaries: Rodger Voorhies
By Elizabeth Roche India has a long way to go in formulating policies for the uplift of small and marginal as well as landless farmers, says […]
How Indiaâs Women Work: 80% Employed in Rural Areas, More Than Half Suffer Illiteracy
By Rounak Kumar Gunjan Most of these women are agricultural labourers who work on someone elseâs land in return for wages. New Delhi: Women living in urban […]
Rs 1,413: Avg monthly surplus for rural India is just enough to buy a fan
By Shreehari Paliath The poorest states by this measure were Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar Rs 1,413: Thatâs the average monthly surplus available to a rural Indian home, […]
Opinion | Women can change the rural landscape
By Chitvan Singh Dhillon & Mamta Women self-help groups can bring about economic gains via joint liability and mobilization of small-scale savings As we approach M.K. Gandhiâs […]
Why Is India Still A Developing Nation?
By Subhasish Das The journey of the Indian subcontinent and its tremendous metamorphosis over the last 5000 years is a great example of how civilizations […]