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Not Maharashtra Or Gujarat: This State Borrows Most Number Of Small Loans
Fewer borrowers are falling behind on repayments.The improvement has been visible across lender categories, including banks, SFBs, and NBFCs.
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India's Rural Poverty Down To 4.86% From 25.7% In 12 Years: SBI Report
India's rural poverty ratio has registered a dramatic decline to 4.86 per cent in the financial year 2023-24 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 while urban poverty has fallen to 4.09 per cent from 4.6 per cent during this period, according to a report.
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India's Race To Vaccinate Its Villages Is Crucial For Whole World
One of the largest COVID-19 vaccination drives in the world, India's campaign ever since January to vaccinate its 1.4 billion citizens has hit snag after snag, held back first by shortages and then by chaotic distribution..
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Centre's New SOPs To Battle Covid In Villages Amid Surge
The Cenre has issued new the Covid guidelines to prepare the primary level healthcare infrastructure as the pandemic gradually ingresses into rural India.
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Tracking Progress: India's Commitment Towards Global Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, 193 world leaders will committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done. In all countries. For all people. This is not the first time the world h...
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Now, New ‘Smart Bangle’ That Sends Pregnancy Tips
Mumbai: A high-tech bangle that alerts pregnant women to toxic fumes and issues audio tips promises to boost maternal health in India and other South Asian countries, as smart devices deliver ever more services to remote communities. The colourful, lightweight bangle feeds information directly to expectant mothers – and is built to withstand the...
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Mozilla Declares 'Project Gram Marg Solution for Rural Broadband' Winner of Equal Rating Innovation Challenge
The Project Gram Marg team has developed a technology that makes use of the unused white space on the TV spectrum in order to backhaul data from village Wi-Fi clusters to provide broadband access.
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How Rural India Is Fighting ‘Information Poverty’
Digital literacy in rural areas has made us see sights that we had only dreamt about. We have seen children in Rajasthan use Google images to travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. We have seen women in Bihar jumping over the boundary walls of their houses to escape the elder men’s glare when they go to take their digital literacy classes. We have ...
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Higher Incidents Of Rape In India Linked To Lack Of Toilets, Shows Study
Washington: Women in India who use open defecation are prone to sexual violence and infrastructure improvements can provide them with some level of protection, a US university researcher has said. “Open defecation places women at uniquely higher risk of one type of sexual violence: non-partner,” says Approva Jadhav from the University of Michig...
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Rural Women Increasingly Accessing Government Hospitals, Shows Study
By Devanik Saha/IndiaSpend There was a 24 per cent rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report by Brookings India, a think tank, significant in a country where half the rural population uses private healthcare, which is four times costlier. Overall, there was a six per cent rise in dependence on ...
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Nearly 35% Rural Households Still Bereft Of Electricity In India: Report
Mumbai: Nearly 35 per cent of rural households across the country are still bereft of electricity mainly due to lack of effective monitoring and co-ordination between the Centre and state governments, a recent report has said. “Access to electricity is a key socio-economic development indicator for a country. As of May 2016, 35 per cent of rural ...
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Rural India Getting Less To Eat Than 40 Years Ago, Finds Study
By Pavitra Mohan New Delhi: It’s been 70 years since India got Independence, but still, 70 per cent of its population live in the villages, struggling to get basic facilities. According to a National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey, the rural population, comprising of 883 million Indians, is consuming fewer nutrients than are required to stay ...
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80% Of Doctors In Urban Areas Serve 28% Of India: Report
New Delhi: Nearly 75 per cent of dispensaries, 60 per cent of hospitals and 80 per cent of doctors are located in urban areas, serving only 28 per cent of India, says a new report released on Friday by KPMG and the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). India’s total healthcare expenditure at about 4.1 per cent of GDP is among ...
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Takes 3 Hours To Reach Hathras Village, Power Took 70 Years: PM Modi
In his third Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused his message on development and good governance. To drive his point home he gave the example of a village in Uttar Pradesh, just hours from Delhi but it took over 70 years for it to get access to electricity.
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Digital India: Microsoft to Focus on Rural Internet, Cloud Solutions
Supporting the Digital India initiative, world's largest software maker Microsoft Corp today said it will help the government in efforts to "transform" the country through technological innovations.
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Not Maharashtra Or Gujarat: This State Borrows Most Number Of Small Loans
Fewer borrowers are falling behind on repayments.The improvement has been visible across lender categories, including banks, SFBs, and NBFCs.
-
India's Rural Poverty Down To 4.86% From 25.7% In 12 Years: SBI Report
India's rural poverty ratio has registered a dramatic decline to 4.86 per cent in the financial year 2023-24 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 while urban poverty has fallen to 4.09 per cent from 4.6 per cent during this period, according to a report.
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India's Race To Vaccinate Its Villages Is Crucial For Whole World
One of the largest COVID-19 vaccination drives in the world, India's campaign ever since January to vaccinate its 1.4 billion citizens has hit snag after snag, held back first by shortages and then by chaotic distribution..
-
Centre's New SOPs To Battle Covid In Villages Amid Surge
The Cenre has issued new the Covid guidelines to prepare the primary level healthcare infrastructure as the pandemic gradually ingresses into rural India.
-
Tracking Progress: India's Commitment Towards Global Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, 193 world leaders will committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done. In all countries. For all people. This is not the first time the world h...
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Now, New ‘Smart Bangle’ That Sends Pregnancy Tips
Mumbai: A high-tech bangle that alerts pregnant women to toxic fumes and issues audio tips promises to boost maternal health in India and other South Asian countries, as smart devices deliver ever more services to remote communities. The colourful, lightweight bangle feeds information directly to expectant mothers – and is built to withstand the...
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Mozilla Declares 'Project Gram Marg Solution for Rural Broadband' Winner of Equal Rating Innovation Challenge
The Project Gram Marg team has developed a technology that makes use of the unused white space on the TV spectrum in order to backhaul data from village Wi-Fi clusters to provide broadband access.
-
How Rural India Is Fighting ‘Information Poverty’
Digital literacy in rural areas has made us see sights that we had only dreamt about. We have seen children in Rajasthan use Google images to travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. We have seen women in Bihar jumping over the boundary walls of their houses to escape the elder men’s glare when they go to take their digital literacy classes. We have ...
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Higher Incidents Of Rape In India Linked To Lack Of Toilets, Shows Study
Washington: Women in India who use open defecation are prone to sexual violence and infrastructure improvements can provide them with some level of protection, a US university researcher has said. “Open defecation places women at uniquely higher risk of one type of sexual violence: non-partner,” says Approva Jadhav from the University of Michig...
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Rural Women Increasingly Accessing Government Hospitals, Shows Study
By Devanik Saha/IndiaSpend There was a 24 per cent rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report by Brookings India, a think tank, significant in a country where half the rural population uses private healthcare, which is four times costlier. Overall, there was a six per cent rise in dependence on ...
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Nearly 35% Rural Households Still Bereft Of Electricity In India: Report
Mumbai: Nearly 35 per cent of rural households across the country are still bereft of electricity mainly due to lack of effective monitoring and co-ordination between the Centre and state governments, a recent report has said. “Access to electricity is a key socio-economic development indicator for a country. As of May 2016, 35 per cent of rural ...
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Rural India Getting Less To Eat Than 40 Years Ago, Finds Study
By Pavitra Mohan New Delhi: It’s been 70 years since India got Independence, but still, 70 per cent of its population live in the villages, struggling to get basic facilities. According to a National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey, the rural population, comprising of 883 million Indians, is consuming fewer nutrients than are required to stay ...
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80% Of Doctors In Urban Areas Serve 28% Of India: Report
New Delhi: Nearly 75 per cent of dispensaries, 60 per cent of hospitals and 80 per cent of doctors are located in urban areas, serving only 28 per cent of India, says a new report released on Friday by KPMG and the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). India’s total healthcare expenditure at about 4.1 per cent of GDP is among ...
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Takes 3 Hours To Reach Hathras Village, Power Took 70 Years: PM Modi
In his third Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused his message on development and good governance. To drive his point home he gave the example of a village in Uttar Pradesh, just hours from Delhi but it took over 70 years for it to get access to electricity.
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Digital India: Microsoft to Focus on Rural Internet, Cloud Solutions
Supporting the Digital India initiative, world's largest software maker Microsoft Corp today said it will help the government in efforts to "transform" the country through technological innovations.
