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Retail inflatin for farm workers at 6.94% in August; for non-farm rural employees at 7.26% Agricultural workers (CPI-AL) and rural workers (CPI-RL) experienced food inflation rates of 6.16% and 6.21%, respectively, in August 2022, compared…

Government Launches Annual Cleanliness Campaign In Rural India In a statement, the Jal Shakti ministry said that as part of this annual campaign, states are requested to organise activities that involve the masses. The Department of…

Tata Power's Solar Energy Solutions are set to Power Rural India into the Future Sunny days aren’t a favourite kind of weather in India, but they can serve as a tremendous economic asset. With 300 sunny days each year, India’s solar energy…

More Indian Students From Rural Families Aim to Study Abroad Students from rural India are saving money to be able to study in other countries around the world, Reuters news agency has reported. For many years, students from India…

Gold's allure to dim in India due to lower rural income, says report Gold consumption surged to 800 tons last year as the easing of virus-related restrictions unleashed demand. The jump in demand and rising imports forced the government to…

Dementia as big a risk in rural India For the first time, the Centre for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is conducting a community-based, cohort study on ageing across villages. Dementia is a general term for a…

Internet usage grows faster in rural India; knowhow still a deterrent 346 million make online transactions for e-commerce and digital payments, with coronavirus boosting practice The report titled 'Internet in India' is based on a survey…

This is how poverty in rural India came down Amarjeet Sinha writes: There has been a pro-poor thrust in government programmes that involved building trust through community mobilisation A recent World Bank Report has shown that extreme…

Inflation in basic commodities higher in rural areas than urban: Consumer Price Index Among states, West Bengal had the highest inflation at 10.29% The All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August 2022, released by the…

Government schools in Ambala's rural areas face shortage of teachers Nitish Sharma Ambala, August 27 Government Middle School, Batrohan village of Ambala, has only two teachers, against the sanctioned posts of six teachers. There…