In new initiative backed by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, is rethinking how rural innovations should be designed, evaluated and scaled, not as a trickle-down of ...

Celebrating 25 years in 2025, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) stands out as one of India’s most impactful rural infrastructure initiatives.

From micro-loans to market stalls and digital storefronts, women-led collectives are reshaping India’s grassroots economy even as systemic roadblocks remain. Here’s how.

The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA hosted a gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto, raising $3.5 million to support the development of remote and rural villages in India. The event, themed ...

Looking down a street in Daulatpur, a rural village in Punjab, India with a mishmash of eclectic, colorful architecture, photographer Rajesh Vora felt he had struck lucky. In front of him, was a large ...

A three-day agriculture training by Patanjali in Haridwar ends with Acharya Balkrishna urging farmers to follow nature-based farming.

MNREGA is India’s landmark rural job guarantee scheme that promises up to 100 days of paid work each year. From its origins ...

THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for ...

According to the NSSO data, only 24% of rural Indian households have access to the Internet, compared to a 66% penetration in cities The growing rural teledensity, which currently stands at 59%, ...

Urban villages, in Chauhan’s account, are neither residues of a disappearing past nor fully absorbed fragments of the ...