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- Planners seek instant cures
- Long-term bets on modest progress by end of fiscal 2010 -Long-term bets on modest progress by end of fiscal 2010
- Power transfer firms to get policy boost -Power transfer firms to get policy boost
- Library of Articles related to Tribal Welfare
- TOI: National Rural Health Mission: April 14, 2005
- Sreelatha Menon: BPOs go rural
- LM: An effort to connect villages: July 02, 2012
- IE: Drought of new ideas in old crisis: May 16, 2012
- HT: The politics of drought: May 04, 2012
- DNA: The unending struggle of Bastar adivasis: May 04, 2012
- IE: Thanks to postmen, ChotuKool is a rage in rural households: December 21, 2011
- IE: Tribal Gadchiroli village becomes a crorepati, by selling its bamboo: September 26, 2011
- LM: Giving villagers a voice to spur change: September 22, 2011
- IE: Maharashtra govt plans education hubs for Naxal areas: September 14, 2011
- LM: Following Hazares development code: August 17, 2011
- LM: Villages begin to reap benefits from rural tourism: August 03, 2011
- IE: ICAR’s Krishi Vigyan Kendras are helping farmers of Vidarbha region’s turn lac cultivation -July 15, 2011
- ET: Farmers Make Geography History: May 28, 2011
- LM: Building Indias villages better: April 25, 2011
- TOI: Govt needs to change outlook: April 13, 2011
- DNA: Pune man lights up Assam village: March 15, 2011
- HT: India’s poorest are barely surviving thanks to an appalling governance deficit: February 23,2011
- LM: Engineering social change: February 21, 2011
- DNA: SoBo school seeks to give tribal students a ‘reality check’: January 21, 2011
- ET: Prince Charles to build model village in India: January 12, 2011
- HT: Villages on way to becoming eco-friendly: December 15, 2010
- HT: Rural women from across the world and India come to a training institute in Rajasthan: Nov 23,10
- LM: Micro-irrigation to beat the monsoon: November 10, 2010
- ET: Start-ups bank on financial inclusion: October 29, 2010
- DNA: RBI takes lessons from unbanked villages: October 20, 2010
- IE: NABARD turns over a new leaf: October 18, 2010
- Sakhi Retail is helping companies customise their products to the needs of rural India,& empowering -Outlook Business Magazine: October 02, 2010
- LM: Village councils likely to get more manpower: September 22, 2010
- LM: Videos by the farmers and for the farmers: September 20, 2010
- BS: Mobile bank to cover every village in next 5 years: RBI: September 14, 2010
- IE: Our tribal policy is a mass of contradictions: September 07, 2010
- TOI: People-Friendly Officials Build Bridges With Ktaka Tribals Living Under Red Shadow: Aug 02, 10
- IE: Orissa hostel scheme offers lesson for tribal dists: July 14, 2010
- DNA: NGOs may run Rs 13K cr govt plan: July 13, 2010
- LM: Rural job portals fail to connect: July 08, 2010
- DNA: The NRI who returned to light up a village with rice husk: July 07, 2010
- HT: Where tribals kill hunger with flowers: April 19, 2010
- ET: Careers with a cause: February 23, 2010
- LM: Rural smart banking needs to get smarter: April 08, 2010
- BS: From B-school to dusty rural roads: April 05, 2010
- HT: NRI wins UN green prize for Nuru light: February 25, 2010
- TOI: Tribal Awards 2010: February 02, 2010 (pdf)
- IE: Echoing the Green Revolution: January 09, 2009
- Scientists should take technologies to rural India: Kadodkar -Speaking on the occasion, secretary, Rural Development of Maharashtra government Sudhir Thakare said
- Barc seminar aims to take beneficial tech to rural India -for application and employment generation in rural India and referred to initiating decentralised po
- UN Rural Poverty Agency Chief To Visit India Next Week -He is expected to discuss IFAD supported ongoing rural development projects in India. He will also
- Rural development is crucial to poverty alleviation programmes -This contrasting development ranging from region to region in India can best be attributed by the
- Rural Development Institute gets $9M grant -The Seattle-based Rural Development Institute has received a three-year grant of up to $9 million
- Investment in rural sector to be the real growth engine: PM -Advocating the need for a stronger south Asia, the Prime Minister said India sincerely wishes to
- BSNL, HCL, Intel bring WiMAX to rural India -This is in support of the India government’s Bharat Nirman rural development agenda. Intel and BSNL
- Rural areas should get benefit of health, education: PM -Years of prolonged underfunding of the public health system and dependence on the private sector has
- Good roads vital for rural development -DAVANAGERE: There is a need to develop the rural areas by providing proper road networks, said
- ITC partners Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) to support … -ITC’s partnership with the Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society will not only help
- DEVELOPMENT: Rural India Set to Ring in 3G Mobile Technology -Rural population in India is estimated at seven percent of its 1.1 billion population. The actual
- CM to open NREGA call centre on Oct 14 -The call centre would become operational from October 14 when chief minister Nitish Kumar would
- India’s rural poor population reaches 50 percent -The expert panel headed by retired Rural Development Secretary NC Saxena rejected government data on
- BSNL, HCL bring broadband connectivity to rural India -This project for BSNL is in line with our strategy for mass adoption of PC broadband to promote
- India to receive Rs 130 cr aid from Germany -An agreement was inked by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Germa
- New Initiatives Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act … -NREGA partnership with Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDA): NREGA will be co
- National Rural Livelihood Mission(NLRM) A fresh lease of life for … -At the apex of the structure will be the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, under the Ministry of
- UPA plans to involve citizens in tracking NREGA’s progress -The move is part of the follow-up action planned by the rural development ministry to ensure better
- Plea for funds for rural schools -Zwelithini said the investment of a billion in rural ICT infrastructure by the India’s rural develop
- DNA: Rural women just got tech savvy: August 19, 2009
- LM: Rural economy and the toilet as a change agent: August 13, 2009
- 45% of India’s geographical area hit by soil erosion -According to Ministry of Rural Development, about 146.82 million hectare area of country’s total geo
- Few people get 100-day employment under NREGA -The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the flagship rural development programme of the
- PM felicitates Magsaysay winner Deep Joshi -Lauding Joshi for leadership and innovation in the area of rural development, Singh said he has done
- 593 Districts covered under Total Sanitation Campaign -The Union Ministry Of Rural Development has covered so far 593 districts across the country under th
- Govt for transparency, accountability in rural schemes -In reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Rural Development, Pradeep
- 2, 30000 km of roads to be constructed in rural areas of India -Rural Development Minister Dr CP Joshi on Friday said that two lakh thirty thousand kilometers
- Monitoring of rural jobs scheme is critical: CAG -The report said the ministry of rural development should accept the overall responsibility for coord
- More focus on rural India, expenditure increased by 45% -According to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2008 update, India ranks 132 out of 177 nati
- Budget allocates Rs.39000 crore for rural jobs scheme -The details will be given by the minister for rural development,’ Mukherjee added. The finance minis
- Workshop held on knowledge sharing through IT for rural development -An workshop on ‘Knowledge Sharing for Rural Development in Assam through ICT India Development
- UPA’s rural push may increase fuel subsidy -The development could not be independently confirmed from the finance ministry. If the proposal is
- Development of rural areas -But unfortunately, the development of rural India has been either formal only on the papers
- India’s industrial output for April signals recovery -Allocations are likely to be increased for rural development and power. Delhi will get Rs 2000 crore
- Bankers expect focus on infrastructure, rural economy in Budget -State Bank of India Chairman OP Bhatt last week said that there is scope for SBI’s lending and
- Project launched for green, affordable lighting in rural India -Communities in rural India who have no access to reliable and affordable power sources are forced
- Autonomy to rural development institute -India (ASCI), Hyderabad, has recommended the State Government to provide functional autonomy to
- Proper use of rural development funds stressed -GUWAHATI, May 31 To ensure effective implementation of the Central schemes in the North-east
- Setting a model for rural development -In academic area we run a one-year post-graduate diploma in Integrated Rural Development and Managem
- New Govt to promote inland fisheries to give a boost to rural income -Under NREGA, a large number of water bodies have been created across rural India. The rural developm
- Centre to increase number of work days under NREGS -The Rural Development Ministry is working towards increasing the number of days of guaranteed employ
- UPA’s challenge: rural governance reform -Our challenge is to improve the functioning of the public sector in rural development, something
- How about working for rural India this summer break? -The NGO started iVolunteer fellowship programme in 2005 with an aim to sensitise the urban youth
- IE: How about working for rural India this summer break?: May 19, 2009
- Govt, Realty Cos to undertake low cost housing in rural areas … -An ASSOCHAM report on Rural India has shown that central government has spent Rs.189898.56 crore
- Rural road scheme, a hit amongst Jharkhand villagers -The scheme was launched in 2000 to improve the condition of the rural roads in India and facilitate
- Rural health in Orissa – An appraisal
- Shining a Light on India’s Rural Poor
- LM: Mother of all rural marketing schemes: March 24, 2009
- LM: Anatomy of the rural rush: March 24, 2009
- IE: Kisan Bank: a kind way to lend cash: January 30, 2009
- TOI: IT policy for development of rural areas on cards: Jan 19, 2009
- IE: A farmer in a different field: December 23, 2008
- DNA: 4,000 villagers restore green cover on 5,000 hectares stripped bare by tree-felling: Dec 24, 08
- DNA: Man & his mules: Colombia mobile library on 10 legs: October 21, 2008
- ET: For an integrated rural-urban policy: October 20, 2008
- LM: Start-up at IIT Madras trains villagers for jobs: September 05, 2008
- LM: For women in villages, prenatal care will be just an SMS away: September 01, 2008
- DNA: IIT-B takes technology to rural Maharashtra: August 28, 2008
- LM: Grameen Bank arm, US firm to launch mobile banking for the poor: August 08, 2008
- TOI: In this village, babus pay farmers a working visit: July 29, 2008
- LM: Electricity for the poor still a dream: July 24, 2008
- IE: IIT-B develops communication technique to educate nomadic tribes: July 18, 2008 (xls)
- DNA: Self-sufficient Kolhapur village has insulated itself: July 17, 2008
- ET: Post offices to apply O&M paint, McKinsey makeover: July 17, 2008
- DNA: Panchayats leading social change: survey: July 14, 2008
- TOI: BPOs bank on rural women: May 21, 2008
- LM: ARUNACHAL DEVELOPMENT – Lack of land records leaves tribals prey toevictionthreat: May 19, 2008
- TOI: New ideas on rural development, halting rural to urban migration etc
- LM: Medal hunt goes rural, special centres tap young, raw talent: May 05, 2008
- IE: Govt officials has worked with commitment to change the lives in rural India: April 28, 2008
- ET: Pune ropes in GeNext to design a roadmap for their dream city: April 02, 2008
- IE: Two greenhouse projects near Ranchi: March 14, 2008
- IE: Karsog’s farmers, who have grown exotic vegetables since the 1990s: March 14, 2008
- IE: After the farm loan waiver, farmers’ problems remain: March 04, 2008
- TIMES NEWS NETWORK : State plans body for drought-hit talukas: April 13, 2005
- Request for proposal from Corporates, Societies, NGOs to set up Mahasetu’s in Maharashtra -Proposals invites to establish Common Servive Centres in Maharashtra (bmp)
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana – Press Release -Rural RoadsConstruction with Complete Transparency (jpg)
- IE : for new leap forward they set out to map every indian village : Nov 13,2007
- ET : Farmers shun country roads for jobs : Nov 7,2007
- ET : Jobs for rural youth : Nov 7,2007
- LM : Of populism and its critics : Oct 31,2007
- IE : At Mumbai’s doorsteps, nine villages live in the dark : Nov 5,2007
- TOI : Tribal students part of sunshine sectors : Oct 22,2007
- BS : Sun struck: Jharkhand villages get water, light through solar power : Oct 9 ,2007 -The village has a population of only 87 people belonging to the primitive Birhor tribe.
- IE : NBA’s ‘schools of life’ provide new meaning to tribal children’s life: Oct 2,2007 -Aemsha Vasave lived in Dhanel in Nandurbar district and studied at a jeevan shala.
- IE : Meant for healthcare, IIT-K ‘infothelas’ now sold as scrap : Sept 25, 2007 -Project failed due to poor Internet connectivity
- IE : Swaminathan foundation to launch body for women farmers : Sept 11, 2007 -The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation will launch a federation for woman to aid widows of farmers
- Live mint : Toilet training and hygiene lessons for Orissa’s rural poor : Sept 10, 2007 -These are subsidized toilets city people would love to use
- StanChart plans lending $100 m for micro-finance : June 26 2007 -We would like to cover one million people,” said Mr Ranjan Ghosh
- CSE News Bulletin:It can be said that Union budget, 2007 is high on symbolism & intent:March 28,2007 -Most people in and close to power acknowledge that something is spoiling booming India’s party
- DNA : Firms are contracting villagers to grow the hardy, oil-rich plant : Feb 11, 2006 -Once the trees start bearing seeds, they will continue the yields for the next 30 years
- BS : Students Flock to NGOs for Rural Work : Feb 22, 2007 -Volunteerism is the ‘in thing’ in college campuses across the country
- TOI : Voices from rural India run BBC show : Jan 16, 2007 -Village Women Turn Reporters To Air Grievances Of 3 States