India faces a severe heatwave with temperatures soaring. Rajasthan is finding relief through natural cooling solutions. People gather under...

India's rural economy shows strong growth. Cash flow increases due to improved agriculture and government support. Rural consumption drives...

India's economic growth exceeded expectations, driven by a resilient rural economy. Increased farm incomes from favorable monsoons and easi...

The rural market presents significant growth opportunities for FMCG companies as rising disposable incomes drive demand for branded product...

Rural India is emerging as a key market for FMCG companies due to rising disposable incomes, driven by robust agricultural output and gover...

Overall rural wireless broadband availability has widened too. As a result, rural consumption now accounts for roughly 45% of overall mobil...

A landslide 86 per cent of the respondents living in urban and rural areas said the inconvenience was worth it.

Over the 12-year period from 1999-00 to 2011-12, rural incomes adjusted for inflation grew by just 24% and urban incomes by 35%.

With the farm sector showing signs of revival on the back of a good monsoon, India Ratings today said the moderating urban spending is like...

A fascinating , but worrying , picture of the way common Indians are earning their living emerges from recently released Census 2011 data.

Recent data show that poverty is coming down fast and that the rural-urban gap in income is narrowing, thanks to rapid economic recovery af...

This is much lower than the poverty line of Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities & Rs 22.42 in rural areas fixed by Planning Com...

Indians living in rural areas are just about as gadget-savvy as those residing in cities, according to a study conducted by global market r...

By and large, rural demand has cruised ahead on higher prices of farm produce, loan write-offs and the government employment scheme under t...

While India is caught in the slowdown gloom, Bharat is cruising along, oblivious of the turmoil in the world economy. Per capita income has...

Recently there has been a lot of debate over the socio-economic status of different castes in India.

If asset accumulation is anything to go by, then there are clear signs of a substantial difference between various castes in India and thes...