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Additional Rs 10,000 crore allocated for MNREGA earlier this month: Centre

Sources said the funds allocated for the scheme have already been utilised and an additional allocation of Rs 10,000 crore was made by the finance ministry in the first week of November

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers marginally down in October

Retail inflation based on consumer price indices for farm and rural workers eased marginally in October against September 2021. Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labour) and CPI-RL (rural labour) stood at 2.76 per cent and 3.12 per cent in October 2021 against 2.89 per cent and 3.16 per cent, respectively, in September, 2021, a labour ministry statement said. Retail inflation based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL were 6.59 per cent and 6.45 per cent respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year (October 2020). Food inflation for farm and rural workers stood at 0.39 per cent & 0.59 per cent in October, 2021 compared to 0.50 per cent & 0.70 per cent respectively in September 2021 and 7.96 per cent & 7.92 per cent respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year. The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers for the month of October 2021 increased by

Enrolment shifts from private to govt schools in rural India: ASER 2021

Enrollment for 6-14 age group rises to 70% in govt schools, falls to 24% in private schools in 2021

Shriram General Insurance plans aggressive rural push, eyes 16% income

Shriram Group is expecting around Rs 750 crore profit this fiscal, up from Rs 700 crore last year, as its expects gross written premium income to touch Rs 2,200-2,300 crore this year

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases to 2.89%, 3.16% in Sept

Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers eased to 2.89 per cent and 3.16 per cent, respectively, in September, mainly due to lower prices of certain food items

HDFC Bank's advances up 15% in Q2 of FY22, cites growth in rural India

Lender says it is recording growth in three business segments as the coronavirus pandemic slows down in India.

PM to virtually address event on rural land ownership scheme on Oct 6

Narendra Modi will virtually address a programme to be attended by the beneficiaries of a central scheme on establishing land ownership in rural areas in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday

How innovative, sustainable tech can empower rural women in India

A team of social scientists have penned a paper on how rural women can generate income for their families with the help of innovative and sustainable technologies

Rural markets shine

Urban India has been lagging the hinterlands on consumer sentiments

Rural demand expected to get Rs 10,700-cr boost from bumper crops: Report

Rural demand is expected to get around Rs 11,000-crore boost from the record kharif harvest along with the marginal hike in minimum support price, according to a report by Care Ratings

Rural vaccinations pick up pace, but rural districts still underserved

Although rural districts account for 41.7 per cent of the country's population, their share in total doses is just 35 per cent

Jal Jeevan Mission: Flowing in the right direction

Rural India has 18.93 crore households of whom only 17 per cent had some version of a tap water connection

BJP to train 400,000 volunteers to curb covid-19 in 200,000 villages

In a bid to curb Covid-19, BJP has set a target to train 400,000 of its party workers who will go to 200,000 villages and help people fight the pandemic, said National General Secretary Tarun Chugh

'Distress sale': Indians offload gold heirlooms as Covid deepens pain

With fewer banks around, people in rural areas rely on gold in times of need as it can be easily liquidated

One village quelled Covid. The next was overrun. It's a bad sign for India

The uneven response to India's catastrophic second wave, coupled with widespread vaccine hesitancy, indicates that the coronavirus is here to stay.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Rural India saw spate of deaths in May

R-value rises for first time in two months, over 330 Covid deaths in central police forces, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Economic activities in rural India fared better in lockdown 2.0: Survey

The survey was carried out to assess the impact of Covid-19, with a sample size of 200 respondents across 48 villages in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Q2 countdown: Pause over, India's consumption story moving fast again

Unlock, good monsoon, better pace of vaccination and rural demand could galvanise recovery

Heartening that 3 out of 5 vaccinated on June 21 were from rural areas: VP

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said it was heartening to note that three out of five people vaccinated as part of the inoculation drive on June 21 were from rural areas

Jab hesitancy: Vaccine fear in rural India a challenge for health workers

Vaccination against coronavirus is going on in full swing in the country. And while people living in metro cities are flocking to vaccine centres, grassroots health workers in villages are facing vaccine hesitancy, as there are still many who are hesitant to get the coronavirus vaccine. So, shortage of vaccine is not just the only issue in hand for health care workers in fight against pandemic. In this video, witness the problem, mostly in rural India, and how authorities are trying to convince hesitant people via attractive schemes.