Page 8 - Rural India

Early signs of recovery in rural India

Betw­een March and May, consumer sentiments in rural India fell more than twice as much as in urban India

Auto industry chases the monsoon, but analysts are less optimistic

Manufacturers think the impact of Covid-19's ravages on rural India will abate if seasonal rains are good.

Rural healthcare infrastructure needs booster dose amid Covid-19 pandemic

Health in rural India is a three-tiered system, with sub-centres (SC) as the most peripheral and the first points of contact

Covid-19 pandemic: Govt may extend social and rural relief schemes

Aims to provide impetus to rural economy and small businesses

The rural worry

Bharat is suffering on multiple counts

The coming long spell of demand drought

Looks like India's demand curve has shifted downwards for a couple of years at least, writes Shailesh Dobhal

Covid-19 crisis: In rural Thane, fresh cases down but fatalities still high

The fourth part of the series looks at the Covid situation in parts of Maharashtra's rural Thane district

Rural pulse: In long queue for vax after a relentless second Covid-19 wave

The third part of the series looks at the state of vaccination in parts of rural Bengal

Statsguru: Six charts explain why monsoon is so important for economy

An even more virulent second wave means that economic growth, income and employment will again depend on agriculture to a large extent

Covid-19 crisis: Deaths stalk villages but locals still in denial

The first of a 4-part series looks at the weak health infra, vaccine hesitancy in rural UP

India's test positivity rate for Covid-19 down to 15%; Centre ups caution

Positivity rate had been consistently increasing for 10 weeks since February and started to decline in the past 10 days

Need dynamic strategy to deal with Covid-19, says PM Narendra Modi

Tells officials to assess data on children, ensure rural India is free of Covid

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases marginally in April

Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers in April eased marginally to 2.66 per cent and 2.94 per cent, respectively, mainly due to lower prices of certain food items

Grassroots health workers fight vaccination hesitancy in rural India

Rumours spread that vaccines can cause impotence amid suspicions that the government is conspiring to kill people.

CoWIN website to be available in Hindi and other regional languages soon

This follows criticism of the government that CoWIN was a barrier in vaccinating people in rural India

Global concern grows as deadly Covid-19 variant ravages rural India

Lacking beds, drugs and oxygen, many hospitals in the world's second-most populous country have been forced to turn away droves of sufferers

Beyond the Jal Shakti Abhiyan

NITI Aayog reckons that nearly 600 million Indians are already facing "high to extreme" water stress. The situation is set to worsen as the water demand is likely to double by 2030

GramCover plans to be one-stop shop for rural insurance needs: CEO Bhatt

The company was founded in 2017-18 by a clutch of private equity firms

Over 40 mn rural homes get tap water connections under 'Jal Jeevan Mission'

Goa has become the first state to provide 100% tap water supply followed by Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Over 500 drones to measure India's rural assets, end property dispute woes

In one of the biggest aerial surveys, over 500 high resolution drones would be deployed soon to map nearly 600,000 villages