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 a landmark collaboration to uplift India's border communities, Art of Living's Sri Sri Rural Development Program Trust ...

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

April 1, 2010: Nestled in the northeast plains of India, Bihar is one of the poorest states in the country. Its per capita income is just a fraction of that in other Indian states. Amidst the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Delhi: The average monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) in India saw significant growth in 2023-24, fuelled by higher spending across rural and urban households and a narrowing ...