In the decades following independence, India began implementing social and economic reforms aimed at poverty alleviation.

The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the previous budget. According to the budget ...

Guntur: Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged youth to ...

The Rural Development Ministry said on Friday that e-KYC has been completed for more than 56% of active MGNREGS workers, and added that job card verification under the scheme is an ongoing process ...

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 ...

India aims for water security through effective watershed management, enhancing rural livelihoods and agricultural ...

After three years of suspension of MGNREGS in West Bengal, the Centre is said to have told a key parliamentary panel that it ...

CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the outskirts of Amaravalli village on India's east coast, Marada Suguna has been hard at work planting mangroves. Hired through India's rural ...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s pioneering ‘one mobile veterinary clinic per 10 villages’ scheme has successfully provided free ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - India may increase rural spending by nearly 50% to 2 trillion rupees ($24.51 billion) next fiscal year, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the country ...