- The PM-Wani ecosystem: Why telcos can’t afford to serve rural India
The Financial Express, January 28, 2025 - Modi government’s Initiative to promote Natural farming
The Times of India, January 22, 2025 - Rural Revival: The Backbone of India’s Economic Ascent
The Outlook India, January 16, 2025 - Rural roots, digital wings: The new trajectory for India’s financial sector
Business Standard, December 31, 2024 - Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years
Hindustan Times, December 20, 2024 - MGNREGA wages are not in consonance with the rising cost of living, says parliamentary panel
The Hindu, December 17, 2024 - PMJJBY has provided Rs 2 lakh life insurance coverage to over 21 crore beneficiaries
The Economic Times, December 14, 2024 - The right to work deleted
The Hindu, November 28, 2024 - Union Cabinet Gives Nod to Launch of National Mission on Natural Farming
ETV Bharat, November 25, 2024 - Empowering rural women
The Hindu, November 22, 2024 - How sustainable is India’s rural consumption boom
Livemint, November 19, 2024 - India’s rural schools facing severe teacher and infrastructure shortages
The Financial Express, October 29, 2024 - More rural households now ‘agricultural’: what data says, what this means
The Indian Express, October 21, 2024 - Are DRE technologies the future of rural livelihoods?
The Times of India, October 14, 2024 - Centre flags rural infrastructure bottlenecks, lack of jobs to state governments
The Economic Times, October 12, 2024 - MGNREGS unlikely to see higher allocations in FY25 with improvement in rural economy
Livemint, September 23, 2024 - ‘One State, One RRB’ policy gains momentum; may make debut in March 2025
Business Standard, September 19, 2024 - Giving farms their due
The Indian Express, September 16, 2024 - 10 Years of Jan-Dhan Yojana: Spurring Rural Consumption Through Digital Financial Inclusion
News18, September 13, 2024 - 10 years of Jan Dhan: How the scheme has had a transformative impact on financial, banking sector
The Indian Express, August 31, 2024 - How modern technologies and indigenous knowledge can transform agriculture in rural India
The Hindu Businessline, August 24, 2024 - Centre’s guidelines for special assistance to states finalised, Rs 10,000 crore for land reforms
The Indian Express, August 16, 2024 - Centre plans Rs 1.9-lakh crore 4th phase of rural road scheme
The Indian Express, July 18, 2024 - The Transformative Rise of Green Technology in Rural India
News 18, July 12, 2024 - Make agriculture profitable again
Deccan Herald, July 09, 2024 - Inside the Recent Rise in Female Workforce Participation Rate in Rural India
The Wire, June 22, 2024 - On agriculture front, an agenda for the new government
The Indian Express, June 10, 2024 - World Bank working paper advocates increased devolution for Panchayats
Business Standard, June 10, 2024 - Stagnating wages in rural India are a distress signal of unequal economic growth
Scroll.in, May 31, 2024 - A better way to fix MGNREGS
Business Standard, May 21, 2024 - Centre to evaluate PM KISAN scheme to assess its impact on farmers
The Economic Times, May 18, 2024 - India’s rural awakening: An economic growth engine
Livemint, May 17, 2024 - India plans to shift from minimum wage to living wage by 2025
The Economic Times, March 25, 2024 - Centre likely to notify MGNREGS wage revision, calls it ‘routine’ exercise
The Economic Times, March 21, 2024 - Ujjwala burning bright?
The Economic Times, March 14, 2024 - Rural Development Ministry Ties Up With IIT-Delhi for Using AI, Geospatial Tech to Fine-tune MGNREGS
News18, March 13, 2024 - Rural spending getting captured in urban consumption; women SHGs helping boost incomes
The Economic Times, March 12, 2024 - Rural-urban household spending gap narrows
The Economic Times, February 25, 2024 - Indian employment engines need to fire for rural populace
The Livemint, February 13, 2024 - Unravelling India’s Changing Rural Migration Patterns Amidst Climate Change
The Quint, February 13, 2024 - Amit Shah to launch computerisation projects for agri, rural dev banks, Registrar of Coop Societies
The Economic Times, January 28, 2024 - A call for sustainable livelihoods to empower rural economy
Firstpost, January 25, 2024 - NITI, agri ministry, FAO launch investment forum for advancing climate resilient agrifood system
The Economic Times, January 24, 2024 - Three factors indicate sluggish consumption in rural areas in contrast with urban growth
The Wire, January 23, 2024 - In Viksit Bharat, rural real wages are in decline
The Indian Express, January 22, 2024 - Govt may increase agri-credit target to Rs 22-25 lakh crore
The Economic Times, January 22, 2024 - Rural skilling scheme plagued by low placement rate, govt to count gig work & self-employment too
The Print, January 22, 2024 - How India is failing its farmers
Deccan Herald, January 18, 2024 - 250 million people escaped multi-dimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23
The Economic Times, January 16, 2024 - Cabinet approves providing 15,000 drones to women Self Help Groups
The Economic Times, November 29, 2023 - Centre approves 16th Finance Commission’s terms of reference extends PMGKAY to 2028
Livemint, November 29, 2023 - A holistic approach to rural development in India
Hindustan Times, November 23, 2023 - Renaming and Rebranding: The Story of BJP’s Policies and Schemes
The Wire, November 21, 2023 - Agricultural Extension for Rural Upliftment
State Times, November 19, 2023 - The gram panchayat’s role in sustainable rural development
India Development Review, November 10, 2023 - Union finance ministry tight-fisted on funds sought for rural job scheme MGNREGA
The Telegraph India, November 04, 2023 - Promoting National Pension Scheme in rural India
The Hindu Businessline, October 25, 2023 - Govt plans 30,000 Cr. Push to expand crop cover portal
Livemint, October 22, 2023 - Additional Payments Being Approved For Rural Jobs Scheme
NDTV, October 21, 2023 - Rural road construction changes path for the first time in 8 years
Business Standard, October 20, 2023 - Why rural India needs a priority in women-led development
Firstpost, October 16, 2023 - Indian Oil Board approves joint ventures for compressed bio gas plants
Livemint, September 29, 2023 - The internet, entrepreneurship, and the new Indian rural economy
Inc42, September 23, 2023 - What are the rural livelihoods beyond agriculture? How do they impact Indian village life?
Scroll.in, September 15, 2023 - Inflation up, consumer sentiments down and GDP growth outlook tending towards the Hindu rate
The Indian Express, September 13, 2023 - Why the rural economy isn’t out of the woods yet
Forbes India, August 30, 2023 - Jan Dhan Yojana revolutionised financial inclusion in India, more than 50 cr bank a/cs opened
The Hindu, August 28, 2023 - Rural Development Ministry pushes for use of drones to monitor MGNREGS work
Business Standard, August 20, 2023 - No extra funds for rural jobs scheme for now
The Financial Express, August 19, 2023 - How Accurately Do We Measure Poverty in India?
The Wire, August 14, 2023 - Creating a sustainable digital infrastructure platform for India’s rural education
The Economic Times, July 31st, 2023 - The bright future of electric infrastructure in rural India
The Times of India, July 31st, 2023 - 1,83,844 beneficiaries trained across 1880 centres under Samarth-Scheme
SME Times, July 26, 2023 - Govt to launch Ayushman Bhav prog to achieve 100 percent coverage of health schemes
The Economic Times, July 23, 2023 - How urban migration has changed — and is changing — ideas of rural India
The Economic Times, June 28, 2023 - New deadline for Aadhaar-based rural jobs scheme wages
The Hindu, June 28, 2023 - The Roaring Success of PM Jan-Dhan Yojana, Modi Government’s Flagship Scheme for Financial Inclusion
MSN.com, June 27, 2023 - Examining Poverty In India
The Outlook India, June 20, 2023 - Solar pumps with EV charging facility: A game-changer for rural India
The Times of India, June 14, 2023 - Fixing the inclusion gap in rural India
The Times of India, June 13, 2023 - Rural youth: The demographic dividend we must invest in
Forbes India, May 26,2023 - Decoding Rural India’s Growth Led By QR Codes
Businessworld, May 25, 2023 - Is India’s rural economy diversifying?
The Hindu Businessline, May 29, 2023 - Contrary to claims, rural wages have risen rapidly
The Indian Express, April 25, 2023 - HC issues series of directions to ensure proper implementation of MGNREGA scheme
The Hindu, April 22, 2023 - India’s large villages at risk of losing out on development due to ‘rural’ tag
The Print, April 20, 2023 - Rural Development Ministry to sign an MoU with 19 captive employers
Newson Air, March 28, 2023 - Women, villages and the less affluent drive internet growth in rural India
Business Standard, March 22, 20234 - A reminder of how NREGA can tremendously contribute to rural development
The Economic Times, March 13, 2023 - Labour data points to significant distress in the Indian economy
Livemint, March 10, 2023 - In situ urbanisation – the way forward
The Free Press Journal, February 26, 2023 - The curious case of India’s rising food-price inflation
Livemint, February 23, 2023 - Turn off the tap of urban bias in rural development
The Hindu, February 22, 2023 - Tapping the potential of Indian villages in a push for rural tourist destinations
The Hindu, February 19, 2023 - Rural job scheme wage tied to Aadhaar
The Telegraph, February 17, 2023 - Modi claims 2004 to 2014 was india’s ‘lost decade’. Is that true?
The Wire, February 17, 2023 - Making Aadhaar-based payments compulsory for NREGA wages is a recipe for disaster
The Wire, February 16, 2023 - Rural Development Ministry launches Mission Antyodaya Survey to shed light on India’s rural economy
The Economic Times, February 10, 2023 - Banks eye rural loan growth to push credit-deposit ratio
Livemint, February 08, 2023 - Getting real on rural uplift
The Hindu Businessline, February 07, 2023 - What could be the govt’s calculations behind the slashing of the MGNREGA budget
The Indian Express, February 07, 2023 - Budget has done well to reorient government spending on subsidies towards rural infrastructure schemes
The Indian Express, February 06, 2023 - Decline in demand for MGNREGS due to growth in rural economy
The Indian Express, January 31, 2023 - Corporatisation: Destroying Rural Economy
Countercurrents, January 19, 2023 - Developing rural entrepreneurship in India
The Times of India, January 14, 2023 - Niti Aayog preparing index for agri transformation now
The Economic Times, January 11, 2023 - The free grain scheme risks undermining more than the rural economy
Business Standard, December 30, 2022 - Centre revokes order allowing more targets to performing PIAs
The Indian Express, December 25, 2022 - How PRADAN’s Development Apprenticeship Programmes seeks to transform rural lives
The Hindu, December 24, 2022 - Faltering rural economy needs budget focus
Livemint, December 22, 2022 - How technology undermined workers’ rights in India’s rural job guarantee scheme
Scroll.in, December 20, 2022 - The rise of rural manufacturing
The Hindu, December 14, 2022 - Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy
The Hindu, November 26, 2022 - India forms panel to revamp only govt job guarantee scheme
The Economic Times, November 25, 2022 - Rural Development Ministry report highlights gaps in poverty alleviation
Frontline, November 22, 2022 - Indian govt to give additional funds for rural schemes to ease pain
Business Standard, November 22, 2022 - Reframing policymaking to tackle rural inflation
Hindustan Times, November 02, 2022 - Rural development ministry seeks additional funds of Rs 25,000 crore for MGNREGS
The Economic Times, November 01, 2022 - Decentralise MGNREGS for better implementation, says study
The Hindu, October 31, 2022 - A renewable energy revolution, rooted in agriculture
The Hindu, October 26, 2022 - Govt may tweak low performing Compressed Bio Gas scheme in rural areas
Business Standard, October 24, 2022 - Rural revitalisation: The key enabling factor for the overall development of India
The Times of India, October 21, 2022 - We can make India poverty-free, in our lifetime
The Hindu Businessline, October 18, 2022 - Old data, changing methodology — why number of Indians under poverty line is a mystery
The Print, October 17, 2022 - Drones likely to monitor work on ground under rural jobs scheme
The Economic Times, October 12, 2022 - Sign of rising rural distress: MGNREGS demand up in poorest states
Business Standard, September 29, 2022 - Making a living in India
Hindustan Times, September 28, 2022 - The future of farmer producer companies could be brightened
Livemint, September 27, 2022 - Can financial services be made bite-sized to deepen credit penetration?
Business Standard, September 25, 2022 - Agriculture, Food Processing ministries launch convergence portal for 4 major schemes
The Economic Times, September 21, 2022 - Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme
Hindustan Times, September 21, 2022 - Making sense of GDP growth and poverty
The New Indian Express, September 19, 2022 - Jan Dhan@8: A game-changer for the unbanked
The Hindu Businessline, September 11, 2022 - Identifying works and funding key to national urban job scheme
Business Standard, September 10, 2022 - Wake up to the continuing distress in rural India
Livemint, September 09, 2022The Economic Times, September 05, 2022 - India cannot attain its goal of inclusive growth if financial independence of rural women is ignored
Livemint, September 09, 2022 - Why is rural India grappling with higher inflation than urban parts? High food prices hold key
The Print, August 25, 2022 - Why we must re-examine narratives of rural distress?
Livemint, August 23, 2022 - Will Centre extend free foodgrains scheme beyond Sept or let it fade away?
Business Standard, August 17, 2022 - Finmin clears ₹807 crore as one-time settlement for Rurban Mission
The Economic Times, August 12, 2022 - Cabinet approves extension of urban housing scheme till 2024
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