The research documents that household numbers are growing faster than population, as extended families split into smaller ...

A few scientists and officers, however, worked hard to endorse reform ideals and streamline agricultural education in India ...

During the current period, rural consumer sentiment has marginally improved. As per the data, 41.6 per cent of rural consumers' responses stated that their economic situation has improved in the past ...

Since 2001, India has been constructing all-weather roads and upgrading old ones in rural areas across the country The World Bank has invested $2.1 billion in the country’s flagship Pradhan Mantri ...

In India’s villages, breastfeeding is widely practised. But sustaining it exclusively for six months, as recommended by the WHO, remains a challenge for many new mothers. Despite high initiation rates ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India yesterday signed a $126.42 million loan agreement to promote ...

Minister Dipika Pandey Singh's strategic approach makes Jharkhand a standout performer in the nationwide Digital Panchayat initiative. Digital Panchayat essentially puts village governance ...

With shows that encourage listener participation, a community radio station in the Indian state of Haryana is helping women overcome deeply patriarchal attitudes. By Karan Deep Singh Reporting from ...

On 6 August, I had an opportunity to deliver the 11th Annual Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Lecture at the University of Limpopo. The theme was on the role of agriculture in improving rural development.