Rural Facilities

How social platforms may help you grow your e-commerce business People from all age groups are very active on social media nowadays. Social media has become one of the best means to gain people’s attention, promote your product…

Nurture jugaad to foster rural business Indians are no strangers to jugaad (quirky innovations), a concept of making new things with meagre resources, or solving problems using quicker, startling methods. Union Commerce and…

Agri finance company Kissandhan eyes 15% of Farmers Producer Organisation business, signs up four FPOs in West Bengal Synopsis With central government’s focus on increasing FPOs in India, they are coming up in a big way. Last…

Unemployment rate rises, hiring slows in October — Rural Indians lose more jobs than urban Mini The jobless rate in urban areas saw a marginal drop from 7.7 percent to 7.2 percent but a drastic jump from 5.8 percent to 8.04 percent in…

Women from rural India will play important role to make India a developed nation Women—no matter where they belong—want to be changemakers. They are the nation’s soul, and that’s one of the key reasons the Indian government is…

‘Gujarat achieves 100% household tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission’ Gujarat’s 91.73 lakh households in rural areas are provided water through tap connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission, said Rushikesh Patel…

Run-up to peak festive season fails to set FMCG sales, rural demand on fast track Hindustan Unilever, Tata Consumer Products, and ITC said rural demand suffered and prices of several key commodities were elevated. Sluggish…

Glaucoma: Addressing the gaps in rural India’s ocular healthcare Dr Rishi Jain, Medical Director, Allergan an AbbVie Company highlights that since glaucoma is known as the ‘silent thief of sight,’ early diagnosis and treatment…

We've made significant progress on poverty reduction Narayan Ramchandran SYNOPSIS But we still have the largest number of the world's poor and need to reorient policy to end poverty Some great news and some not so good…

24-member IRDAI panel to develop insurance cover for rural population While the proposed cover will be a benefit based / parametric structure, called Bima Vistaar, the IRDAI has also asked the panel, which will be headed by…