INDIA’S rural Community Development Program, an integral part of Nehru’s first Five-Year Plan, is the biggest of its kind ever undertaken in any part of the world. India’s federal and state ...

By bno Chennai Office India, the world’s most populous nation, has long stood at the crossroads of opportunity and vulnerability, a paradox shaped by its historical economic dependencies, especially ...

April 1, 2010: Nestled in the northeast plains of India, Bihar is one of the poorest states in the country. Its per capita income is just a fraction of that in other Indian states. Amidst the ...

Driven by witnessing poverty in her village, Ashutosh Maharaj established an organisation seven years ago to provide education, healthcare and livelihood opportunities in rural Bihar. The organisation ...

The agreement was formalized in Patna in the presence of Union Minister of Textiles, Shri Giriraj Singh, marking a significant leap in academia–industry collaboration for inclusive growth.

India’s JEEViKA program ( i.e., livelihoods), financed by the World Bank, works exclusively with women from poor rural families and has transformed livelihoods in the state of Bihar. Between 2008 to ...

As India sets its sights on becoming Viksit Bharat by 2047, the transformation of its rural economy is not just a policy imperative—it is the foundation of national progress. Nearly two-thirds of ...

In response to the problems of high coordination costs among the poor, efforts are underway in many countries to organize the poor through "self-help groups" (SHGs)—membership-based organizations that ...

Mangaluru: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the rural development activities of Dharmasthala institutions that empower women are fit to be part of govt policy. She was speaking ...

Shakuntala Devi of Kulabira village in Jharkhand state travels to other distant states to sell her finger millet snacks whenever the Indian government organises fairs to showcase rural products. From ...