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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.