Publisher - Modern Rural India

MDARD opens application window for latest Rural Development Fund grant cycle What’s happening: The application window for the 2023 grant cycle of the Rural Development Fund opened earlier this week, and prospective applicants have until…

Farming: New Welsh rules on reducing river pollution delayed Controversial rules aimed at reducing agricultural pollution in rivers are being delayed by three months, the Welsh government has announced. Ministers will also consult on a…

Weak rural demand drags down FMCG sales in September, shows data Bizom pointed out that rural sales were impacted in September due to excessive rainfall in some areas and weak rainfall in some other regions, thereby affecting agri yields…

Ivy league grad quits job in Canada to join rural job in Indian agritech startup Stephane Pastor is an executive MBA from US Ivy league Cornell University. Including this, he holds 4 masters degrees from the world’s top institutes and…

India's unemployment rate drops to 4-year low before festival season In rural areas, the unemployment rate declined to 5.8% from 7.7% in August, while in urban areas it stood at 7.7%, lower than 9.6% in the previous month. India’s…

Over 69% houses constructed under PMAY in rural India are owned by women, says government Data shared by the government reveals that a total of two crore houses have been built, as against the sanction for 2.46 crore residences Over 69%…

62% of rural households in India have fully functional tap water connections within their premises, says Water Resources Ministry report However, the report found, ‘most of the anganwadi centres and schools, had higher than the permissible…

Budget 2023: Balance economic gap between urban and rural areas KUALA LUMPUR: The 2023 Budget, scheduled for tabling this Friday, should outline efforts to balance the gap in the development of infrastructure and basic facilities between…

Swacchta survey: Assam worst in rural area sanitation NEW DELHI: Telangana, Haryana and Tamil Nadu have emerged the cleanest among all large states on parameters of rural sanitation while Assam, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir were the three…

Stray Animal Spray: इस स्प्रे का छिड़काव करने से खेतों के आस-पास भी नहीं भटकेंगे आवारा पशु, जानें इसकी खासियत किसानों को आवारा पशुओं से खेत को बचाने के लिए कई प्रकार के उपाए करने पड़ते हैं. जिसमें बड़े पैमाने पर लागत भी आती है. तो ऐसे में…