Explained | Lakhpati Didi initiative

The scheme is implemented under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)

Full-time PG Diploma courses in Rural Development & Management; details here

Based on the performance in the trimester examination, the students will be awarded scholarships

PG Diploma in Rural Development: Apply at NIRDPR by May 15

Those with a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a UGC-recognized university can apply for the programmes, approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

Committed to release funds for MNREGA: Govt

The Ministry of Rural Development said that more than six crore households have been provided wage employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) scheme during the current financial year against their demand.

Ease of Living Survey: Why Kerala finds the going tough

The work on the survey which has to be completed by July 31 has only just begun even as the authorities are confronted with staff crunch and COVID-19 curbs.

Hospital on wheels: An Express medical train that is the lifeline of rural India

Sponsored by private and public organisations, the Lifeline Express’s projects so far have treated over a million poor people in rural parts of the country free of cost.

A home of her own: Corporation comes to the aid of former Kerala Minister's wife

Velayudhan served as the Minister for Rural Development and Transport in the third Karunakaran ministry.

Indigenous knowledge, rural innovations to get a push at Marian College fest

The major objectives of the fest are to provide a platform and opportunity for students to interact and learn from award–winning rural innovators

New Delhi: Born near Rajasthan's Barmer district, 31-year-old handicraft artisan Ruma Devi defied all odds when she created ripples of social change with her simple handmade embroidery – an entrepreneurial movement that has now touched over 22,000 women at the grass roots and led her to the 'Nari