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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…

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…

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…

Rural India More Interested In Digital News Consumption Than Urban India: Kantar-Google Report Kantar said that it conducted over 4,600 in-person interviews and 64 qualitative discussions across 16 cities to understand the news consumption…

Focus of Budget 2023 to be more on rural India and infra, says UBS India economist Synopsis This budget is likely to raise spending on rural/agri by $10 billion, which is a jump of 15 per cent over FY23, the note said. It is likely to…

Empowering Rural Communities: 5 Women Entrepreneurs Transforming Lives And Driving Economic Growth The following women entrepreneurs have been instrumental in creating job opportunities, driving innovations. New Delhi: Women…

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…

Demand trends in FMCG sector 'stable' in June quarter; expected pickup in rural areas remained elusive: Marico Synopsis In its update for the June quarter, Marico said that though the urban markets were steady during the April-June…

In Delhi’s Rural Areas, Students Deprived of Opportunities as Few Schools Offer Science Subjects Students in Delhi villages are often compelled to study Humanities in the absence of Science or Commerce in government schools, eventually…