India's path to becoming a $30 trillion economy runs through its villages. While development discussions often centre on urban growth engines and technology hubs, the real story of India's economic ...

Rural brain drain is weakening India’s villages as migration rises despite skill programs and job creation efforts ...

India on Sunday launched 75 digital banking units in villages and small towns across the country in a move that it said will help bring financial services and literacy to more citizens. The digital ...

BENGALURU, May 7 (Reuters) - Indian fast-moving consumer goods' sales rose in January-March, with rural growth outpacing that in urban areas for the first time in five quarters, market researcher ...

The latest Economic Survey, released by the Ministry of Finance ahead of the announcement of Union Budget 2023, posits that India is staging a full recovery following the pandemic. The data suggests ...

BAHBOLIYA MAHADA, India, Jan 31, (Reuters) - Jakir Khan, an Indian farm worker, says he has cut down on food as his income has halved. There are fewer and fewer opportunities, he says, for employment ...

Rural India now has higher health insurance coverage (47.4%) than urban areas (44.3%), driven by government schemes. However, out-of-pocket hospital costs have nearly doubled since 2017-18, with ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...