Equally important is the role of financial and digital literacy. The microfinance industry, along with other stakeholders, has conducted thousands of workshops across rural India to equip women with ...

Simone Lia Simone Lia is an artist and writer, the creator of the weekly “Simone Lia” comic strip in The Observer. Her debut illustrated fiction novel, They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School! published ...

The Khejri tree (Prosopis cineraria) grows in the arid and semi-arid regions of India, particularly in Rajasthan and parts ... The harvesting and drying of Sangri pods are mostly done by rural women ...

Abstract: A critical factor in immersive educational narratives is identification by students with the characters. In this work-in-progress analyzes the process of rendering characters from textual ...

Patna: A new government study has shown significant progress in the delivery and quality of rural piped water under the ‘Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal' scheme in Bihar. Conducted in April 2025 by the ...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD ... A robust monsoon can significantly influence the economic well-being of the rural sector, which forms the backbone of the Indian economy.

This characteristic makes it perfectly suited to establishing trust, combating corruption, and making data collection and verification easy—domains in which rural India typically falls behind.

Demand for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in rural India stood at 8.4 per cent in the March quarter, compared to 9.2 per cent in October-December of 2024. Urban demand growth moderated to 2.6 per ...

This is 3.8% or 13 million tonnes more than the 341.55 mt foodgrain target in 2024-25 and, if achieved, will be good news for India’s agrarian economy, rural demand and food inflation.

India’s success narrative has always been premised upon the ground level, where the initiatives of corporations and rural governance arrangements meet in order to address the core issues that ...

India's consumer goods sector experienced an 11 per cent value growth in the March quarter, fueled by robust rural demand that surpassed urban growth for the fifth consecutive quarter. Smaller ...

Faster rural consumption is driving growth in the FMCG sector in India. (Image Source: Reuters) Faster rural consumption is driving growth in the FMCG sector in India. A report by NielsenIQ ...