Rural Areas

India has more internet users in rural areas than urban, says PM Modi

India has more rural internet users than urban users and the nation is the world's number one in digital transactions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday, inaugurating several projects in the road and railway sectors. In his address, Modi said India has been witnessing a revolution in terms of infrastructure. "We are the world's No 1 in digital transactions; we have the most inexpensive mobile data. Today, India has more rural internet users than urban users." He said over 6 lakh km of optic fibre has been laid connecting almost 2 lakh gram panchayats. Some new generation infra projects will begin to serve the people from today and some other projects will see starting from now and these projects cover roadway, railway and airways, lending cheer to the new year celebration (Tamil New Year, April 14). Tamil Nadu is home of history and heritage. It is land of language and literature and a centre of patriotism and national consciousness. Many of the nation's leading ..

India needs dynamic approach to define rural-urban areas: EAC-PM member

India needs a more dynamic approach to define rural-urban areas by using technological indicators like night-time light intensity, the Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM) has said. EAC-PM member Shamika Ravi in a working paper titled 'What is Urban/Rural India' also suggested that the government needs to establish 'trigger mechanisms' to automate the transition from rural to urban settlement after the prescribed threshold is reached. The EAC-PM also suggested that the government needs to revisit the assumption of creating schemes based on the rural-urban divide, which is a poor proxy for scarcity. "India needs a more dynamic approach to defining rural-urban areas, which includes technological indicators like night-time light intensity," Ravi said. As of December 2017, 'rural' is defined in relationship with 'urban'. Any settlement that is not considered 'urban' is automatically considered 'rural'. "Further, the government needs to establish "trigger mechanisms", which ...

Over 95% people have access to potable water in rural areas: Govt report

A government survey has revealed that 95 per cent of people in rural areas and 97.2 per cent in cities are having access to improved sources of drinking (potable) water during 2020-2021. According to the report based on the Multiple Indicator Survey (MIS) of the National Sample Survey (NSS) 78th round, about 56.3 per cent of the persons in the rural areas and about 76.3 per cent of the persons in the urban areas used improved source of drinking water located in the household premises, which was sufficiently available throughout the year. The primary objective of the MIS was to collect data for generation of some important national indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The survey was initially planned to be conducted during January-December 2020, but due to Covid-19 pandemic, the data collection was continued up to August 15, 2021 for ensuring completeness of survey operation in terms of its coverage. For the central sample, the survey was spread over 14,266 first stag

Budget has focused on providing last mile facilities to tribals: PM Modi

Addressing a post-budget webinar on 'Reaching the last mile', Modi said: "For the first time, the country is tapping the huge potential of the tribal society of our country at this scale

Development of rural districts high on govt priority: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that districts with rural and semi-rural areas are high on the priority of the Central government for development. Presiding over District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting of Amroha district here, he asked district collector and other senior officials to always keep in mind Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for maximising the reach and utilisation of government schemes in rural India so that no one is left out. Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, said the Modi government has reiterated on many occasions that there would be no shortage of funds for any of the central schemes. He said that Prime Minister Modi's welfare schemes reached the neediest without any vote bank consideration in the last eight years. Singh emphasised on time-bound completion of development programmes and underlined the need for adoption of newer technologies and innovations for faster completion of projects without ...

Are states with high levels of poverty spending less on MGNREGS?

Experts said an institutionalised system of social audits will clear lots of doubt

Rajasthan govt implements new rural tourism scheme, promises jobs

Agriculture tourism units will be set up on farm land on areas ranging from 2,000 square metres to two hectares (one hectare is roughly 10,000 square metres)

Common Service Centre to open 500 theatres in rural areas by Mar 2023

The Common Service Centre (CSC), a special purpose vehicle under the Electronics and IT Ministry, on Monday announced that it would open 500 cinema halls in rural areas by March 2023

Rural demand for FMCG dips 17% in Nov as post-festive consumption slows

Urban demand also hit, but not as badly; Overall FMCG sales decline 15.3% MoM and 2.7% YoY

Social safety net product Bima Vistaar being developed for Bima Sugam

The regulator last month had formed a 24-member committee, headed by Devasia, to develop an affordable, accessible and comprehensive cover - Bima Vistaar -- for rural population

India has democratised technology to fight poverty, says PM Modi

New demographic joining information superhighway, he says at Bengaluru Tech Summit

Patchy rains, inflation hit rural sales of FMCG companies: NielsenIQ

Volumes decline 3.6%; urban areas sustain at 1.2 %: NielsenIQ

The irrelevance of regional rural banks

Scope of their survival is diminishing. Even as the overall business of rural financial institutions has generally been looking up, they are struggling to scale up business volumes

Key role for banks in offering best intermediation services: RBI's Patra

Calls for world-class financial intermediation services with Indian economy poised to surpass Germany and Japan a few years and nation's population set to become world's largest and youngest

Festivities push FMCG sales up 11% in first two weeks of October

Sales were down in September due to weak rural demand

140 million pulled out of poverty in India since 2015-16, says UNDP

Incidence of multidimensional poverty declined from 55.1% in 2005-06 to 16.4% in 2019-21

Interest-free loans for 100K rural families of Rajasthan for non-agri work

The state government has set aside Rs 2,000 crore for the Rajasthan Rural Family Livelihood Loan Scheme.

Coca-Cola India expands distribution network to rural mkts, kirana stores

"Consciously working on addressing the needs of rural consumers by offering them the most relevant packs," said Coca-Cola India

Rural tourism to be based on culture, economic characteristics in Rajasthan

The government proposes to develop tourist accommodation facilities including home stay, drinking water, safety, internet connectivity, and caravan parks in partnership with private players.

Inflation forcing rural India to buy fewer essentials items: Report

A new report reveals people in villages are concerned about inflation and its impact on their financial condition