Across rural India, women leaders are transforming villages through sanitation reforms, waste management innovations and ...

The shift to solar-powered irrigation, processing, and household electricity has reduced dependence on fossil fuels, cutting ...

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 ...

BII says its investment thesis is focused on startups that help villages earn more or spend more, as rising rural incomes and consumption open new opportunities beyond agriculture.

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit journalism organization. This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how ...

Across rural and tribal India, millions of women and girls still manage menstruation without safe products, accurate ...

Marking 70 years of transformative service by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Khadi Mahotsav-2026 at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rural demand in India has strengthened over the past few months. FMCG consumption in villages and small towns has grown faster than in cities. In the three months ended September, rural volume growth ...

Country reports record daily cases, deaths Government welcomes Biden move on vaccine patent waiver Threat greatest in rural India, home to 70% of population A crematorium runs out of space to store ...