Since 2001, India has been constructing all-weather roads and upgrading old ones in rural areas across the country The World Bank has invested $2.1 billion in the country’s flagship Pradhan Mantri ...

(CNN) — Looking down a street in Daulatpur, a rural village in Punjab, India with a mishmash of eclectic, colorful architecture, photographer Rajesh Vora felt he had struck lucky. In front of him, was ...

GANGTOK, India — Nearly four years ago, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament she had big plans for India's border villages. "Border villages with sparse population, limited ...

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit journalism organization. This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how ...

Women agents often inspire greater trust, particularly among female customers who may be more comfortable interacting with ...

Amid hundreds of pages in the Economic Survey 2025–26 devoted to India’s growth trajectory, fiscal arithmetic and industrial ambitions, a small section flags a quieter but persistent economic drag on ...

The Desai Foundation is a public, programmatic nonprofit working across rural India to expand health, livelihoods, and menstrual equity. Over twenty-five years it has evolved from a family ...

MANDA BHOPAWAS, Rajasthan, India, Aug 31 (Reuters) - For Suraj Prajapati, a mother of two who lives in the arid northern Indian state of Rajasthan, fighting for access to clean drinking water at her ...

Country reports record daily cases, deaths Government welcomes Biden move on vaccine patent waiver Threat greatest in rural India, home to 70% of population A crematorium runs out of space to store ...

The Teri chief cited the example of its 2008 campaign, Light A Billion Lives and how it changed lives at the rural level.