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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

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.