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Friday, November 21, 2025
TopicRural India

Topic: Rural India

This veiled jal saheli & her all-women team revived a river. Their village is now thriving

Sharda Devi’s journey as a water warrior began in 2020. She was felicitated by the President for her water conservation efforts Saturday.

Why is rural India grappling with higher inflation than urban parts? High food prices hold key

Inflation rates in rural India were higher than in urban areas for first 7 months of the year, govt data shows. A major reason lies in the way inflation is calculated for the 2 regions.

Why your next Savaari should be a road trip to rural India

Rise of reliable chauffeur driven car rental services like Savaari has simplified accessibility across the country, allowing city dwellers to escape the madness of the city.

Snakebites aren’t just lethal. In rural India, it means debts of lakhs to victims, families

Survivors of snakebites, their families have to cope with debilitating physical disabilities, a lifetime of dependency and compounding medical bills.

Covid-induced migration ‘was a shock’, economist blames ‘failure to understand inequality’

In a new book ‘Dynamics of difference', put together over a period of four years, economist Narendra Pani attempts to spell out the different levels of inequality in rural India.

SubscriberWrites: India’s rural development model needs to evolve as occupations in villages change

In rural India, majority of workers are getting absorbed in low wage and unproductive non-farm works as agriculture is no longer a viable livelihood option, writes Prem Kumar.

Villagers don’t have a say in their development. This IAS officer-led group is changing that

Three basic principles — a low-or-no cost model, convergence, and people-participation — can speed up rural development in India.

In India, rural gaming base could soon surpass urban cities

For the first time in history, rural India has more internet users than metropolitan regions. As of November 2019, the Internet & Mobile Association...

By 2025, rural India will likely have more internet users than urban India

Moving at a growth pace over 3x faster than urban India, rural areas will likely force many changes in how internet is accessed and the digital ecosystem at large.

Time’s running out. Armed forces must be sent to rural India to lead Covid fight

Every officer, Junior Commissioned Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer of the armed forces is a trained crisis manager.

On Camera

Dr Umar Nabi has shattered a popular misconception about terrorism

The good and the bad in the Islamic tradition are so intertwined that there is no good Islam to fight the bad one. The way out is not the true Islam, but the true nationalisation of it.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.