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Why Are Women Leaving Textiles Industry In Rural India? In garment factories, employment is often based on piece-work contracts. Men work long hours for financial stability, but rural women face challenges, especially if the factory is far…

At Least 33% Demand Unmet Under MGNREGS from April-June, Shows High Unemployment in Rural Areas There has been a significant 33 per cent gap between the person-days of work demanded and the person-days of work generated under the Centre’s…

IIT-Bombay launches initiative to mentor rural girls in STEM First event under the mentorship programme held recently as a part of which 160 girls from 40 schools in Maharashtra, Bihar, Odisha stayed at IIT-B and got hands-on experience at…

A $12 phone is opening doors for rural India to get on the internet KEY POINTS The telecommunications arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has launched a $12 internet-enabled phone. Reliance Jio’s new feature…

Shah Asks NABARD To Fix Financing Targets For Rural Sector For Next 25 Years Shah said NABARD, which is engaged in finance and refinance development activities in rural India, should fix its targets keeping in view its past performance and…

India seeks to relax data storage rules in boost for business Bill set to make data flows easier for local, global companies New Delhi: India plans to further relax its approach to data storage, processing and transfer beyond its…

13.5 cr Indian escaped poverty in five years: Niti Aayog The report says that the country registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of India's multidimensionally poor from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in…

MGNREGS demand hits a 23-month high in June: Report Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) reached a 23-month high in June, with 33.72 million households seeking to opt for the scheme.…

EaseMyTrip’s Prashant Pitti to launch co-lending platform Optimo for loans to rural MSMEs Credit and finance for MSMEs: This will be the third startup by Prashant Pitti after he co-founded EaseMyTrip in 2008 and dating app Profoundly in…

Weak rural labour market pushes India's unemployment rate above 8% The unemployment rate jumped to 8.45% in June from 7.68% in the previous month, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. While unemployment in urban areas…