India

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…

Innovation in rural economy Gauthan, a novel concept developed by the Chhattisgarh govt, is scripting a new success story in the state. While driving in village habitations in Chhattisgarh, one cannot miss the sights of cattle sheds, or…

Bright spot: Rural consumption to pick up on wage rise and lower inflation, say economists Synopsis Economists said high-frequency data also points at a revival of rural consumption. However, experts cautioned that monsoon could play a…

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…

Indian rural market's still sluggish, could improve in H2: Colgate executive Synopsis "Real incomes have come down and the general level of unemployment in rural India is very high. The impact of inflation on them is very high," Mukul…

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…

Silent but powerful education revolution taking off in rural India A silent education revolution taking off in rural India, offering valuable insights to educationists, edtech, and the larger developmental sector. Until very recently 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…