Nearly three-quarters of India’s families depend on rural incomes. The majority of India’s poor (some 770 million people or about 70 percent) are found in rural areas. India’s food security depends on ...

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The World Bank has had a long engagement in the rural roads sector in India, either through specific rural roads projects or through broader engagement in rural development. Given India’s focus on ...

India path to lasting food security lies not in short-term relief or emergency distribution, but in rebuilding the rural ...

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%, ...

Shakuntala Devi of Kulabira village in Jharkhand state travels to other distant states to sell her finger millet snacks whenever the Indian government organises fairs to showcase rural products. From ...