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Mobile internet penetration, has taken the country by a storm! With around 420 million mobile internet users, the rural areas are witnessing a growth of 26 per cent per annum.

Mobile technology transforms village into a SmartGaon

The village has built 242 toilets, set up CCTV cameras, setting up Public Address Systems, dustbins and street lights at...

9 July 2018 10:00 AM IST

Farmers winnow rice grain after harvesting them at a field, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Assam

Farmers grow record wheat crop but no labour to move it

The country-wide lockdown has led to a labour shortage across rural India, crimping the harvest and preventing bagging...

17 May 2020 12:50 PM IST

A group of brick factory workers carry bricks on their heads ahead of International Womens Day in Karad, Maharashtra. (Photo: PTI)

When women succeed, we all do too

The new female role models that the law created had a dramatic impact on families and younger women.

8 March 2018 4:07 AM IST

Poverty and lack of infrastructure are some of the major reasons behind poor sanitation (Photo: AFP)

43% people in rural India defecate in the open

As per a report published in 2015, 59.43 per cent of the world population defecating in the open live in India.

24 Nov 2016 7:19 PM IST

Hari Fuluwares paintings capture essence of rural India (Photo:

45-year-old holds exhibiton showcasing rural India

Self-taught artist paints intrictate pictures of a simple life away from the bustle of city

16 Jun 2017 5:12 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi applauds panchayat raj workers

Modi highlighted the importance of panchayats in the rural India and in transforming the country.

25 April 2017 6:57 AM IST