SAIL to appoint 1,000 dealers in rural India

Last Updated: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 19:07

State-run Steel Authority of India Sunday said it will appoint 1,000 new dealers in rural areas to increase the market penetration of its products, adding that it will offer incentives to these dealerships irrespective of the quantities sold.

Price rise sharper in rural India, shows data

Last Updated: Monday, June 20, 2011, 23:47

The consumer price index for rural areas jumped by 9 percent in May, while that for urban areas rose by 5 percent.

In rural India, women earn half of what men do: NCAER

Last Updated: Friday, March 26, 2010, 20:00

Indian women continue to have a raw deal compared to men when it comes to their earnings or having their names on family bank accounts or on property records, says a survey.

Scientists should take technologies to rural India: Kadodkar

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 19:18

Technologies that are wealth and employment generators should be promoted in a big way in rural India, Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar said here on Wednesday.