Since 2001, India has been constructing all-weather roads and upgrading old ones in rural areas across the country The World Bank has invested $2.1 billion in the country’s flagship Pradhan Mantri ...

India stands at a pivotal moment. If the Union Government, state administrations, NGOs, and an aspirational Gen Z converge with purpose, the country has the potential to decisively accelerate ...

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Kanadukathan lies around a one and a half hour drive along rural highways from the nearest airport. It has many features travellers would expect from a remote South Indian village: cows grazing freely ...

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But supply constraints remain, making it unlikely that India will reach its target of vaccinating all adults by the end of 2021. Volunteers perform a street play during an awareness campaign for COVID ...

Two thirds of India’s 1.3 billion people live in rural areas. Voices from these communities, and issues important to them, however, often aren’t represented in mainstream news coverage. “The primary ...

Adachiwadi, a village in Maharashtra's Pune district, demonstrates a unique approach to development where participation and ...

Amid hundreds of pages in the Economic Survey 2025–26 devoted to India’s growth trajectory, fiscal arithmetic and industrial ambitions, a small section flags a quieter but persistent economic drag on ...

Outside a three-room concrete building coated in faded red paint, Neeral Kullu was waiting anxiously. The 35-year-old farmer had spent the late August morning walking across miles of jungle, dirt ...

The Teri chief cited the example of its 2008 campaign, Light A Billion Lives and how it changed lives at the rural level.