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Sunday, December 14, 2025
TopicRural Development

Topic: Rural Development

Last Laughs: The incomplete electrification of India’s villages and Biplab-nomics

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Why are Uttarakhand’s young leaving the state? Govt report to shed light soon

A lack of employment opportunities for the state’s youngsters is among the factors thought to be forcing them to seek work elsewhere.

PM Modi’s model village scheme gets big thumbs down from most MPs

416 Lok Sabha MPs and 214 Rajya Sabha MPs haven’t adopted a village under the third phase of the scheme, which was to be implemented by 2019.

MGNREGA wage clearance improves, but still not reaching workers on time

Rural Development Ministry says crediting wages in workers’ accounts within the 15-day time limit will be its key focus in FY 2018-19.

Modi govt’s last full budget to give Rs 1 lakh crore boost to rural development

Key job guarantee and livelihood schemes to get increased budget allocation; the ongoing farm crisis seems to influenced govt decision.

Talk Point: Rural Gujarat in 2002 was backward, bleak, and lacking in reliable electricity and water

The Gujarat model cannot be a model for the whole of India, but it can work at the state government level.

Centre gives massive budget for MGNREGA, states say not enough for even delay compensation

More than half the delay compensation rejections in 2017-18 are due to “insufficient funds”. Centre says no paucity of funds, states just being careless. Ruhi Tewari

On Camera

I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.