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16.51L households getting free tap water in rural areas: Himachal Government Shimla, September 18 The state is set to provide drinking water to every household through the Jal Jeevan Mission. “As many as 16.51 lakh households spread…

Rural unemployment rate shoots to 8.03% in June on weak monsoon The unemployment rate in India in June climbed to 7.8% of the total workforce from 7.12% in May, led by a rise in rural unemployment, as per data from the Centre for…

Rural India is driving internet adoption, survey finds The growth of internet usage in India is being driven by rural India as the number of internet users has grown to 351 million in 2021, compared with 341 million in urban India, states…

IIT Guwahati establishes department to bolster healthcare in rural India Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati has established the ICMR-DHR Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Device and Diagnostics Innovation and…

Rural jobs scheme work generation down 50% in July New Delhi: Work generated under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme fell to nearly half in July from the prior month, on the back of a pick-up in agricultural and…

RBI taking up pilot project for end-to-end digitalisation of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) lending to simplify rural finance The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced taking up a pilot project for end-to-end digitalisation of Kisan…

Rural Indians join rush to study abroad as prospects dim at home When 19-year-old Sachin failed to score the grades he needed to get into a good Indian college, his father, a small shopkeeper, took a loan and dug deep into the family…

Govt drafts rules for IPOs of regional rural banks Kolkata: The government has set the ball rolling for the listing of regional rural banks (RRBs), by bringing out a detailed draft of the guidelines proposed for them to raise capital and…

Government launches annual cleanliness campaign in rural India The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation on Friday launched a fortnightly 'Swachhta Hi Sewa' (SHS) campaign to accelerate the efforts towards achieving complete…

$1 Billion Increase in USDA ReConnect Program Round 4 Funding through the Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is…