Rural Facilities

Slow govt spending to hit connectivity in rural areas In FY23, the government revised the expenditure estimates from the USO fund to Rs 3,010 crore, which is 200% less than the budgetary estimate of Rs 9,000 crore. A…

Cluster system in farm sector soon, says minister Shimla, Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar said the Agriculture Department would introduce a cluster system in the farm sector to increase the income of farmers by providing…

Selling Value-Added Items Out Of Agricultural Products Can Increase Farmer’s Income: Kerala Minister P Prasad, state Agriculture Minister said, Farmers in Kerala should create value-added items out of their agricultural products…

Rural healthcare policies must not short-change rural residents: SC The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that a state legislature has no legislative competence to enact a law in respect of modern medicine or allopathic medicine,…

Indian rural startups to get mentor support with this app New Delhi: Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) Thursday said it has launched a mobile application for startups in rural areas to connect them with mentors. It said the…

From income tax to rural development: 5 key expectations from Budget 2023 The government will be tempted to announce populist measures in its last full budget before the general elections in 2024, but experts indicate that the…

DIABETES control IN RURAL INDIA Telemedicine can fill critical gaps in healthcare and help curb diabetes Diabetes does not discriminate. It can occur to anyone, anywhere. Be it a person residing in metropolitan cities or a…

Poor infrastructure, staff crunch continue to plague healthcare in rural India: Centre Less than half the Primary Health Centres function on a 24x7 basis India’s rural healthcare system continues to be plagued by shortfall on…

Satya Nadella on how ChatGPT is helping people in rural India. Watch Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put his weight behind the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) while speaking at the World Economic Forum’s…

Eight Charts to Explain the State of Rural Healthcare in India The recently released Rural Health Statistics show that healthcare centres have functioned in 2021-22 with staff strength that is less than even the preceding year,…