A team comprising three executive engineers will examine roads constructed under Mukhyamantri Grameen Sadak Yojna in Rajgarh district.

Around the same time when Mohammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank were writing their Nobel story of rural empowerment, a woman in the humble districts of south Bengal started a micro-credit scheme simi

National Rural Livelihood Mission aiming at ensuring economic development of poor rural families is being implemented in 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh in the first phase.

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Ahmedabad: Think of an Indian village and what comes to mind are images of mooing cows, open drains and kids playing ants and frog games.

ANGUL: Protesting the midnight arrest of 11 anti-JR Power Plant leaders, hundreds of locals under the banner of Jiban Jibika Krusijami Suraksha Samiti laid siege to Kishorenagar Police Station in A

MUMBAI: In view of the growing number of mobile towers in villages, Maharashtra government will formulate guidelines for rural areas after studying effects of radiation.

Bangalore: Power struggle, politicking and blame game are keeping state BJP leaders busy. And there is no one to pay attention to the problems faced by drought-hit people in the districts.

For villagers in Mwandama, Malawi, visiting a health worker used to mean a daunting 40-kilometre round trip on foot. So the medical centre that was built in the area as part of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) last year has improved their quality of life — and their health. Research published this week suggests that the MVP has significantly reduced infant mortality at sites across Africa.

International development experts say that the Millennium Villages Project's claims of progress should be interpreted with caution. (Editorial)

The State Level Evaluation Committee (SLEC) constituted by the government to inspect schemes taken up under the Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Project (PMRP) has found many loopholes in utilisatio

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