India, June 1 -- India's growth story over the next two decades will be shaped as much by the rise of its villages as by the ...

India and IFAD have expanded their partnership, launching a new eight-year roadmap to scale up investment in rural development. The collaboration focuses on strengthening livelihoods, climate ...

India’s JEEViKA program (literally translating to livelihoods), financed by the World Bank, is the country’s largest state-level program working exclusively with women from poor rural families across ...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act gives rural families the right to 100 days of employment every year and payment within 15 days. But for many years now, the programme has ...

Mangaluru/Belthangadi: Governments and public representatives often talk about women empowerment and rural development, but ...