India

Workshop On ‘Digital Literacy & Skill Building Of Rural Women Entrepreneurs’ Inaugurated JAMMU: Central University of Jammu (CUJ) in collaboration with NRLM (UMEED) on Wednesday organised a three days workshop on Digital Literacy &…

Rural Indian Workers Earn Higher Wages Through AI Data Work Chandrika, a 30-year-old teacher from Alahalli village in Karnataka, India, is now earning significantly more money through AI data work. She uses a mobile app that allows her to…

How rural India is going through a quiet transformation away from media glare Why is the demand for tractors or other fast moving consumer goods increasing despite a patchy and uneven monsoon? A surge in government spending especially with…

What is Aadhaar-enabled payment system? Why is it more popular than UPI in rural India? AEPS enables you to transfer funds with just the name of the bank, Aadhaar number, and fingerprint. There's no need for one-time passwords or even the…

Regional Rural Bank mergers exempted from CCI Approval The mergers of Regional Rural Banks are now exempted from the clearance of Competition Commission of India (CCI). The mergers of Regional Rural Banks are now exempted from the…

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers rises marginally in June Retail inflation in India: Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers inched up marginally to 6.31 per cent and 6.16 per cent, respectively in June as compared to…

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…