Meet Jayantiben, a last mile banking services provider in far-flung hilly areas of Uttarakhand July 7, 2020 During the lockdown, this unique banking correspondent has provided crucial banking services to villagers in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
Under construction hydro project in Uttarakhand dumping debris into the Yamuna, allege villagers July 6, 2020 The dump sites of the under construction Vyasi Hydro Electric Project in Hathiyari of Dehradun releasing debris into the Yamuna...
A village that thrived on handloom, Cooch Behar’s Baburhat now has only one handloom mill July 6, 2020 Four decades ago, Baburhat had over 4,000 handlooms and all villagers were engaged in weaving traditional costumes. Now its last...
Despite the lockdown, rural women in Lucknow, UP process mango pulp into various products July 6, 2020 The Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, which trained these women in extraction and processing of mango pulp, is helping selling...
Maize farmers struggle to secure a fair price; the Centre decides to import maize at a lower rate July 4, 2020 A notification allowing poultry and starch mills to import 50 lakh quintals maize at an import duty of 15 per...
Foreign prospective adoptive parents in limbo as COVID-19 lockdown puts adoption process on hold July 4, 2020 Prospective adoptive parents from Malta and Italy talk to Gaon Connection about being stuck in a limbo as COVID-19 restrictions...
PM-Kisan scheme: Over 80% of nearly 10 crore registered farmers got the promised money July 4, 2020 As per available data, over 9.92 crore farmers, out of the total 14.5 crore farmers holding land in the country...
Adolescents in Rajasthan villages discuss periods and reproductive health, shattering taboos July 3, 2020 A collective effort by a local organisation and an international organisation has led to adolescents in villages breaking taboos by...
Could the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic help rethink informal sector issues in India? July 3, 2020 The current crisis demands solutions for informal workers more urgently than ever. Here are the six points on how the...
Jharkhand, the first state in India to offer 100 days employment guarantee a year to the urban poor July 3, 2020 In line with the Centre’s rural employment guarantee scheme, the state government is launching a special scheme to guarantee 100...
Meet Jayantiben, a last mile banking services provider in far-flung hilly areas of Uttarakhand July 7, 2020 During the lockdown, this unique banking correspondent has provided crucial banking services to villagers in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
Under construction hydro project in Uttarakhand dumping debris into the Yamuna, allege villagers July 6, 2020 The dump sites of the under construction Vyasi Hydro Electric Project in Hathiyari of Dehradun releasing debris into the Yamuna...
A village that thrived on handloom, Cooch Behar’s Baburhat now has only one handloom mill July 6, 2020 Four decades ago, Baburhat had over 4,000 handlooms and all villagers were engaged in weaving traditional costumes. Now its last...
Despite the lockdown, rural women in Lucknow, UP process mango pulp into various products July 6, 2020 The Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, which trained these women in extraction and processing of mango pulp, is helping selling...
Maize farmers struggle to secure a fair price; the Centre decides to import maize at a lower rate July 4, 2020 A notification allowing poultry and starch mills to import 50 lakh quintals maize at an import duty of 15 per...
Foreign prospective adoptive parents in limbo as COVID-19 lockdown puts adoption process on hold July 4, 2020 Prospective adoptive parents from Malta and Italy talk to Gaon Connection about being stuck in a limbo as COVID-19 restrictions...
PM-Kisan scheme: Over 80% of nearly 10 crore registered farmers got the promised money July 4, 2020 As per available data, over 9.92 crore farmers, out of the total 14.5 crore farmers holding land in the country...
Adolescents in Rajasthan villages discuss periods and reproductive health, shattering taboos July 3, 2020 A collective effort by a local organisation and an international organisation has led to adolescents in villages breaking taboos by...
Could the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic help rethink informal sector issues in India? July 3, 2020 The current crisis demands solutions for informal workers more urgently than ever. Here are the six points on how the...
Jharkhand, the first state in India to offer 100 days employment guarantee a year to the urban poor July 3, 2020 In line with the Centre’s rural employment guarantee scheme, the state government is launching a special scheme to guarantee 100...