NABARD’s Rural Economic Conditions and Sentiments Survey is conducted every two months across all regions of India.

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 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled ten significant schemes aimed at accelerating India`s development across various sectors. The initiatives were launched to enhance infrastructure, education, ...

Complaint states that Ojing Tasing’s remarks amount to coercion of voters, distortion of democratic process, and ...

The NREGA was enacted in 2005, and was renamed by the then UPA government as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment ...

With the Cabinet approving a Bill to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Congress on Saturday questioned the need for renaming the scheme and asked “what ...

Discover how India’s welfare programs and development initiatives are transforming lives through better healthcare, education ...

Self-employment can be a powerful tool for driving local economies, and in India, the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) has emerged ...

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 ...

The PLFS (periodic Labour Survey) data on employment from 2017–18 to 2022–23 paints an optimistic picture of women’s participation. There has been an increase in WPR for women aged 15 years or more ...