Rural Tourism in India boosts jobs, supports homestays, empowers women and strengthens local economies, helping villages grow through sustainable tourism.

A new rural employment scheme, VB-G RAM G, has secured the largest budget share, overshadowing MGNREGA with a significant allocation. While MGNREGA faces a sharp funding cut, other key rural ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled ten significant schemes aimed at accelerating India`s development across various sectors. The initiatives were launched to enhance infrastructure, education, ...

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is one of the most significant welfare laws in India, worked out to enhance the livelihood security of the rural households. The plan ...

CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the outskirts of Amaravalli village on India's east coast, Marada Suguna has been hard at work planting mangroves. Hired through India's rural ...

This article is authored by Nikhil Ali, senior associate, research (urban), Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), Kochi.

To curb rampant leakages, the proposed law to replace the two-decade-old rural job guarantee programme –MG-NREGA– seeks a complete overhaul of the programme, shifting focus to strategic infrastructure ...

NEW DELHI: India has introduced legislation to expand its 20-year-old rural employment programme by increasing the number of guaranteed workdays. The proposed bill would raise employment from 100 to ...

On Thursday the Union government passed the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha, proposing a sweeping overhaul of India’s two-decade-old rural ...