Rural Facilities

Govt looking to leverage regional rural banks for MSME, housing loans in rural India: Report Credit and Finance for MSMEs: The development comes amid Department of Financial Services (DFS) highlighting the issue of educational…

Amul's Pashudhan is opening an alternative business for farmers, eBay style In the "Pashudhan" tool of Amul's Milk Producers' app, the cattle rearers can upload pictures of their cattle and enter details like the day's milk yield…

Years after Bt cotton, GEAC clears environmental release of GM mustard Approves environmental release; calls for further studies The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has recommended the environmental release of…

Jal Jeeven Mission Lauded at the international level for improving lives of children Gandhinagar: Government of India's Jal Jeevan Mission has been lauded at the international level for improving health parameters amongst…

‘Solar Se Samridhi’ encourages rooftop solar among UP biz owners The “Solar Se Samridhi” campaign by Smart Power India, a subsidiary of The Rockefeller Foundation in India, was launched in September. The campaign aims to promote…

How rural women are helping sustain the economy of millets It is worth noting that the United Nations General Assembly on the Government of India's proposal (with the support of 72 countries) to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)…

Time to focus on rural India, AIKS chief HIGHLIGHTS CPI national secretary and AIKS general secretary Atul Kumar Anjan said that it is time for governments to shift their focus to rural India and farmers with a slogan of…

Know about Jal Jeevan Mission According to the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), every rural household can access 55 litres of water per person daily through operational household tapped connections. JJM concentrates on localised…

TransUnion CIBIL and SatSure Launch CIBIL Credit and Farm Report (CCFR) to Expand Farmers’ Access to Credit 13 October 2022, Mumbai: TransUnion CIBIL, in collaboration with geo-spatial data analytics provider SatSure, has…

Unlocking the potential of AI in the growth of the agriculture sector Indian agriculture has proved to be one of the most robust sectors during challenging economic situations. Even on the outbreak of the pandemic, the sector has…