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Make urban legend real: Our cities must become far more business-friendly for India to achieve high per-capita incomeIndia's urban population has grown slowly, with a significant portion living in small rural habitations. The country requires substantial r...- Gurgaon Electricity Update: New power company, more choice? Eleven Power gets 25-year licence; What it means for 8.3 lakh consumersHaryana Electricity Regulatory Commission has granted a 25-year electricity distribution licence to Eleven Power for Gurgaon, Manesar, Sohn...
- Psychology Behind Sexual Assault: Experts explain why some men commit such crimesThe Astha Kunj gangrape case has renewed questions about why some men commit sexual assault. Psychiatrists and psychologists say there is n...
- Population Foundation urges shift from population control to informed choice, equityThe Population Foundation of India has urged a shift away from population control towards informed choice, equity and demographic preparedn...
- Farming experts tout 'conscious' food systems to fix agriculture woesWorldwide, farmers are grappling with severe challenges related to climate change and financial pressures that threaten food security. Spec...
- Slowing rural incomes could weigh on consumer demand: Dhananjay SinhaHeadline rural wage growth in India is misleading, with underlying increases significantly lower than reported. Rising inflation, reverse m...
- 'Bengaluru aspires to join the first world, but...': Sridhar Vembu explains why growth in India's IT capital is killing itself amid flooded streetsBengaluru’s future is deeply entangled with India’s rural reality. Billionaire Sridhar Vembu has highlighted how unchecked rural migration,...
- Bengaluru blooms while villages bleed: Rs 10,000 crore man says IT haven's growth is fuelled by rural declineSridhar Vembu points out the economic disparity between urban and rural India. He says rural areas face a trade deficit due to low value ad...
- Why droughts, not economic struggles, could be the new reason for urban migrationA study analyzing internal migration patterns across 72 countries over 50 years highlights how droughts are emerging as a key driver of mig...
- How urban migration has changed — and is changing — ideas of rural IndiaRise of rurbanism One of the major reasons for the changing structure of rural India is the impact of urbanisation. Migration to the cities...
- View: How India can fix the problem of inequality of opportunityEconomic opportunities are a very important factor that drives people to migrate, despite higher inequality in urban areas. Given that urba...
- Covid impact: Jobless rate to hit 8.5% if stimulus not widened, says Pronab SenUnemployment rate could rise to a record 8-8.5% in 2020-21, former chief statistician Pronab Sen said.
- Poor migrants move to other rural areas, relatively well-off to urban, finds studyA study found that 78% of all individuals from rural Bihar went to an urban destination. However, those belonging to the top of the social ...
- Government to set up 300 rural clusters by 2019-20States will select the villages to be turned into clusters with 12 important facilities like road, electricity, water supply, public transp...
- Lok Sabha polls 2014: Understanding urban governance, holisticallyHalfway through the polls, we look at what the election manifestos of the Congress and BJP tell us on rural versus-urban development.
- Stop blaming rural migration for urban ills: StudyRapid urbanisation of villages and expansion of urban areas pose a challenge than migration of people from rural areas to the cities.
- Gujarat tops in pace of urbanisationThe latest National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report, ‘Migration in India’ , has found Gujarat to have the highest rate of urbanisa...
- Bharat again pips India in FMCG consumptionBy and large, rural demand has cruised ahead on higher prices of farm produce, loan write-offs and the government employment scheme under t...
- Employment main cause of migration in 2007-08: NSSOThe majority of households in urban as well as rural areas migrate because of employment opportunities, according to a new government surve...
- For an integrated rural-urban policyInvestment in rural India is crucial.
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