- Centre-sponsored dairy entrepreneurship changes face of tribal hamlet
Joba Murmu (35) had to watch her husband Chako die of a chest ailment last year, as there was no money for treatment. But now, she sends her daughter Dulari (14) to a private Hindi medium school in Jamshedpur by bus.

Gosai Baskey (55) was almost on the verge of starving when monsoon played truant in 2009 and 2010.

NEW DELHI, 18 JULY: Seeking to promote self-employment among women, the government has proposed to bring down the interest rate on bank lending to self help groups (SHGs) at par with that on crop loans to farmers and set up a dedicated national bank for women SHG on the lines of NABARD.

New Delhi: Jairam Ramesh put Rahul Gandhi and National Advisory Council (NAC) in focus on his first day in the rural development ministry, drafting the Sonia Gandhi-chaired panel in the internal review meetings and pushing the post-padyatra politics by telling the ministry that the land acquisition bill be

A loss for environment is a gain for rural development. That's how an environmental activist responded on hearing news of shifting of Mr Jairam Ramesh from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Rural Development.

Hated by corporates and liked by quite a few environmental activists, Mr Jairam Ramesh's absence at the Ministry of Environment would surely be felt.

He hogged the limelight for clashes with corporate interests and for outspoken statements. There will soon be a new set of glass doors at Krishi Bhavan. The newly elevated Cabinet Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh plans to bring the doors — a signature element of his interior décor right from his early days at the Commerce Ministry — to his new office.

Accepts To Cover 75% Rural, 50% Urban Population New Delhi: The government is set to accept the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council’s recommendation tocover 75% rural and50%urban population under a food security law,butwantstokeep the percentages outside the language of the Act itself.

The farm sector cries out for reform. And we must start by amending the marketing and land lease laws

In the rapidly transforming Indian economy all the attention has consistently centered on the emerging sectors, almost by default.