INDIA’S rural Community Development Program, an integral part of Nehru’s first Five-Year Plan, is the biggest of its kind ever undertaken in any part of the world. India’s federal and state ...

In the decades following independence, India began implementing social and economic reforms aimed at poverty alleviation.

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 ...

Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], October 18: In a landmark collaboration to uplift India's border communities, Art of Living's Sri Sri Rural Development Program Trust (AOL-SSRDP) and NHPC Limited have ...

Transforming insurance in rural India through academia: bridging gaps, empowering communities, and driving social protection ...

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 ...

After facing a massive cut in funding, the Hyderabad-based National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) ...

The five-month residential programme will train 40 youths from Damanjodi and Angul under NSQF, aiming to boost employability and promote sustainable livelihoods in rural Odisha ...

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 ...

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 ...