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Homemakers to changemakers: Women entrepreneurs help empower rural Bihar against climate challengesIn rural Bihar, a group of women have become agri-entrepreneurs, helping their communities tackle climate change. They advise on irrigation...23 Feb, 2025, 06.33 PM IST- Poverty gap shrinks between rural and urban India in FY24, driven by higher consumption: SBI reportIndia's rural and urban consumption gap is reducing significantly, thanks to government initiatives like direct benefit transfers and impro...03 Jan, 2025, 10.25 AM IST
- Nitish Kumar gives appointment letters to 454 new recruits in Bihar govtBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar handed over appointment letters to 454 newly-recruited officials in nine departments of his government. S...14 Dec, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
- 50 per cent of rural households have access to tap water connections: Jal Shakti MinistryPunjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar have coverage of more than 90 per cent of the households and are progressing fast towards attai...28 May, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
- Women voters help Nitish Kumar stave off adverse factorsThe 43 seats that JDU won would not have been possible without the support of women voters, who turned out in larger numbers than men. Wome...12 Nov, 2020, 04.27 PM IST
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman to address press conference today at 4 pmIn a tweet, the finance ministry said that the press conference will be a curtain raiser for the PM Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, Rs 50,000...18 Jun, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
- PM Modi to launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on June 20This massive rural public works scheme will empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens...18 Jun, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
- Satya MicroCapital reaches over 2.25 lakh entrepreneursKeeping up with the post-demonetisation tide, the company’s focus on lending using digital financial solutions to women entrepreneurs speci...06 Mar, 2019, 12.10 PM IST
- No new targets to Bihar, as it fails in Awas MissionBihar has impressed upon the Centre that shortage of sand in the state due to an unprecedented crackdown on its illegal mining led to the s...14 Jun, 2018, 10.33 AM IST
- What Mamata Banerjee has learnt from Nitish Kumar, Lalu YadavThe urban middle classes hate her, the rural masses love her. The middle classes hate to admit it, but in elections the rural masses matter...15 May, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
- BJP leader Giriraj Singh faces women ire over 'dehati aurat' remarksThe agitating women raised slogans outside Giriraj Singh's residence here.The BJP leader was not at his residence at that time.04 Nov, 2013, 04.12 PM IST
- Distress migration from rural areas have gone down: Jairam Ramesh"Distress migration from rural areas have gone down due to implementation of Centre's ambitious rural job scheme", Ramesh said.11 Jan, 2013, 09.39 PM IST
- Husk Power Systems: Spreading light and opportunity in the hinterlandsPatna-based Husk Power Systems (HPS), a five-year-old off-grid electricity company, uses discarded rice husks to generate power.27 Jan, 2012, 06.50 AM IST
- CAG to monitor spending of all rural, potable water schemes: Jairam RameshRamesh said it is very important to have CAG audit in the Ministry schemes for ensuring accountability and transparency.04 Nov, 2011, 05.21 PM IST
- Road to riches: Better connectivity changes rural landscapeBetter connectivity has pushed up agricultural income in rural India by 17.6% and income from non-farm activities by 12.11%, a recent Plann...10 Jun, 2010, 02.46 AM IST
- Bihar to launch E-shakti schemeThe state government has decided to cover one million beneficiaries under the e-shakti scheme to avoid corruption in implementation of NREG...16 Oct, 2009, 01.36 PM IST
- RTI, going ruralHaving woven many a success story in cities, the Right to Information Act (RTI), which completes two years of coming in the statute books i...20 Sep, 2007, 01.00 PM IST
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