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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…

Discrimination Sole Factor Of Employment Inequality For Women In Rural India: Oxfam Report The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for women in India has rapidly declined from 42.7 per cent in 2004-05 to a mere 25.1 per cent in 2021,…

Rural stress Most of the souring of sentiments emanated from rural India. It is likely that the principal reason for this is the behaviour of the southwest monsoon. Consumer sentiments in August are muted. July 2022 had recorded a…

‘Brands have still not accepted rural areas as huge untapped markets’ Madan Padaki, Founder and CEO of village commerce network 1Bridge, has been empowering India's rural entrepreneurs for over a decade. In a wide-ranging interview with…

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 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…

$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…

Funding Supports Community-based Doulas, Rural Obstetric Care, New State Task Forces to Tackle Maternal Health Disparities, and Investments in Infant Health Equity Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the…

About five years ago, as her mother’s hearing diminished and dementia worsened, Linda Brocklesby decided…

Suzanne BeHanna initially turned down an experimental but potentially lifesaving cancer treatment.Three years ago, BeHanna, then 62, a newlywed, was sick with stage 4 lymphoma, sick from two failed rounds of chemotherapy and sick of…