Congress has released its manifesto for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, scheduled in three phases starting September 18,...

This is due in no small part to India's elevation of women-led development as a core theme in the G20 deliberations. The New Delhi Leaders'...

Presenting his government's last budget ahead of polls due by April-May, Bommai said, a new scheme called "Shrama Shakthi" is being launche...

Seeking to woo farmers in an election year, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced an increase in the limit of inter...

An 11-point 'Sankalp' (commitments) document was released here on Tuesday, especially for the rural areas of the state. While advocating pr...

Big budgetary allocations towards road and expressway construction and clean drinking water facilities were made for ongoing projects, ahea...

Congress, leading with NYAY or its monthly Rs 6000 minimum income for the poorest 20 per cent, also talks of a job to each family.

Around 200 farmers’ unions organised under the umbrella of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, but each district had been...

Hundreds of Ladubens have been documented by the Working Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO), an NGO in Gujarat.

Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra governments have announced farm loan waivers, while farmers are demanding the same in Madhya Pradesh.

Kerala's all-women network Kudumbashree has decided to expand organic farming extensively across the state and enhance participation of wom...

The cotton belt of Vidarbha reports the highest farmer suicides in the country, but the distress of women cultivators is rarely recorded.

Kerala has been able to achieve a faster growth rate than the national average. 'A quarter century back the growth rate was a mere 2%, whic...

People with agricultural land that they do not wish to cultivate will soon have the option of depositing it in government land banks.

IFAD has sanctioned a loan of $30.3 million and a grant of $600,000 to boost agricultural production and employment prospects for some 95,0...

Grassroot women, who were once landless labourers or poor housewives, are turning entrepreneurs inspiring scores of women to stick their ne...

On the eve of International Women's Day Punjab National Bank launches novel scheme i.e. "PNB Kalyani Card Yojna" to empower women in rural ...