The Population Foundation of India has urged a shift away from population control towards informed choice, equity and demographic preparedn...

Worldwide, farmers are grappling with severe challenges related to climate change and financial pressures that threaten food security. Spec...

Headline rural wage growth in India is misleading, with underlying increases significantly lower than reported. Rising inflation, reverse m...

Bengaluru’s future is deeply entangled with India’s rural reality. Billionaire Sridhar Vembu has highlighted how unchecked rural migration,...

Sridhar Vembu points out the economic disparity between urban and rural India. He says rural areas face a trade deficit due to low value ad...

A study analyzing internal migration patterns across 72 countries over 50 years highlights how droughts are emerging as a key driver of mig...

Rise of rurbanism One of the major reasons for the changing structure of rural India is the impact of urbanisation. Migration to the cities...

Economic opportunities are a very important factor that drives people to migrate, despite higher inequality in urban areas. Given that urba...

Unemployment rate could rise to a record 8-8.5% in 2020-21, former chief statistician Pronab Sen said.

A study found that 78% of all individuals from rural Bihar went to an urban destination. However, those belonging to the top of the social ...

States will select the villages to be turned into clusters with 12 important facilities like road, electricity, water supply, public transp...

Halfway through the polls, we look at what the election manifestos of the Congress and BJP tell us on rural versus-urban development.

Rapid urbanisation of villages and expansion of urban areas pose a challenge than migration of people from rural areas to the cities.

The latest National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report, ‘Migration in India’ , has found Gujarat to have the highest rate of urbanisa...

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

The majority of households in urban as well as rural areas migrate because of employment opportunities, according to a new government surve...

Investment in rural India is crucial.