Rural Development

As India takes over the G20 presidency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN’s rural development agency, has committed to building resilient rural livelihoods in the country. An IFAD delegation to India led by…
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A Week Celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj concludes with enthusiastic participation, attention and response from elected representatives and functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions and other key…
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With an aim to create awareness on under-nutrition, anaemia and low birth babies amongst rural women, more than 5000 trainees from both Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes…
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In a joint initiative of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA), a set of CSIR technologies has been launched for rural…
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Urbanism has become the synonym for development and people in rural areas migrate to the shining life of urban. In rural India, 127 million people are heavily dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Despite being the top producers of…
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A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed among Center of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Unnat Bharat Abhiyan-Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (UBA-IITD) and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA) to boost rural…
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Tara McCartney is a joint Irish–UK citizen holding an OCI Card and living permanently in India. Tara, after working with Microsoft, left her corporate career and has been working in North Indian villages. She is a motivator, social…
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As the interest of visitors is increasing in rural tourism, many destinations around the world and India have incorporated rural tourism products in their current range of product portfolios and have integrated it into their overall…
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A 15-year-old girl lost her uterus due to unhealthy practices during menstruation, recalled Ankita Sharma, from the SBI Youth for India Fellowship 2017-18 October Cohort. “Ash, sand, rug, dirty cloth etc were used by adolescent…
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