Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:13
Between 2009-10 and 2011-12, additional spending by rural India was Rs 3.75 lakh crore, significantly higher than Rs 2.9 lakh crore by urbanites, according to the study by credit ratings agency Crisil.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 13:15
Bharti Infratel, the passive infrastructure arm of Bharti Airtel, Thursday said it has partnered with OMC Power to electrify telecom tower sites of the telecom giant in rural areas using renewable energy.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 15:45
Forty percent of rural India lives on Rs.33 a day, official data showed Wednesday, exposing the hollowness of the tall claims of economic reforms and inclusive growth.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 12:01
Reflecting the digital divided in India, the study said just 3.5 households per 1000 families, had access to Internet services at home in rural areas in the year.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 16:26
About 60 percent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 18:33
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that the rural areas of the country would be free of open defecation within a decade.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 16:15
Rural India prefers to stay away from investing in toilets.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 23:10
After launching employment schemes for rural India, the Centre now plans to create job opportunities for the nearly 100 million urban poor.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 15:07
Such informants will be treated as social workers and will be paid 10 percent of the amount disclosed by the defaulters.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 17:32
Global healthcare imaging equipment giant, General Electric Co (GE), is eyeing India in a big way and plans to come out with more affordable and hand-held products to penetrate the country's vast rural market.
Last Updated: Monday, November 7, 2011, 16:42
The Finance Ministry has asked all banks, including private sector lenders, to open branches in locations with population of more than 5,000 in the under-banked districts by September, 2012.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 15:32
Coca-Cola sells brands such as Thums Up, Limca, Mazaa, Minute Maid, Nimbu Fresh which caters to the local taste.
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