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Friday, March 13, 2026
TopicRural women

Topic: rural women

EU-India ties in focus as Europe makes efforts to keep New Delhi ‘onside’ amid tensions with US, China

Global media reports on how Adani Group has revived US investment plans, eyeing nuclear power, utilities, and an East Coast port. It also warns of a 'lost decade' for rural women.

Indian women own 55% manufacturing units. What they need are smartphones & training

A typical woman-owned informal manufacturing unit is about half the size of one owned by a man. The GVA or gross value added per worker is about one-third, indicating productivity loss.

Young Bihari women are India’s brave new coders. Bengaluru is their dream

As the women work on their coding tasks at the residential school, the trainer plays music from her phone to keep the atmosphere lively. Only English pop—to help them learn the language.

Korai mat, Toda cloth—museum shows how Tamil Nadu’s rural women took handloom business online

One of the artisans, Fathima, who would earn between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 a month selling Korai mats the traditional way, now makes Rs 30,000 after taking the business online.

Centre plans service sector push for rural self-help groups as part of ‘Lakhpati Didi’ initiative

Ministry of Rural Development, as part of its 100-day plan, is likely to launch a sub-scheme to assist SHG members set up service sector enterprises, it is learnt.

28% of India’s borrowers now women, have better risk profile than men, says CIBIL report

Report by credit information firm TransUnion CIBIL says number of women borrowers in India has increased at a compound annual growth rate of 15 per cent over the last 5 years.

Indian women are exercising their democratic rights. And digitisation is helping

The digitisation process of India, with its more than 1.3 billion people and more than one billion mobile connections, is much discussed for its...

What’s behind the ‘improvement’ in employment situation in labour force survey report

The improved employment scenario as per PLFS 2019-20 is restricted to women and is due to the increased percentage of rural women in the unpaid family worker category.

How caste, marital rules & house work prevent rural women from eating nutritious diet

This is a new finding of a study conducted by two research scholars. The study is based on data from interviews with women from 8 villages in Maharashtra’s Wardha.

Life tips from a banker who is helping rural Indian women manage successful businesses

Thousands of female entrepreneurs have been empowered by loans from Chetna Sinha's Mann Deshi Bank, a bank run for, and by, women.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.