This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Many economic and social indicators suggest that not only is the level of absolute poverty in India high, there has also been an adverse ...

A few scientists and officers, however, worked hard to endorse reform ideals and streamline agricultural education in India ...

Expanding the Public Distribution System to ensure desirable levels of consumption of pulses by eliminating subsidies for ...

New Delhi: Rural poverty in India has seen a remarkable decline. It dropped below 5 per cent for the first time in 2023-24 according to SBI Research. Increased rural spending played a key role in this ...

Vani Archana, Senior Fellow at Pahle India Foundation, highlights how India’s financial inclusion drive, while expanding ...

Women in Narayanpet rewrite their story by managing Telangana's first women-run petrol bunk, defying stereotypes and ...

How does rural poverty develop, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or mitigate it? About one-fifth of the world's population is afflicted by ...

August 2025 marks two decades of the landmark Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). It was first started in 200 backward districts and expanded to the rest of rural India ...

Rural households in India are increasingly diversifying their income sources through non-farm primary activities like livestock rearing, fisheries, and forestry. These sectors not only strengthen the ...

Journal of Social History, Vol. 48, No. 4, E.P. Thompson after Fifty Years (Summer 2015), pp. 816-841 (26 pages) This paper maps the geographical contours of socio-economic transitions that currently ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Locking down a nation of 1.3 billion comes at a ...