Rural tourism in the country is still evolving and The Rural Tourism Network Enterprise is here to make life simple, yet attractive.
With urban India growing by leaps and bounds, it is expected to experience a severe water crisis by 2020 and the per capita availability of water is projected to be less than 1,000 cubic metres.
Aamir Khan sings a song on price rise from Peepli Live!
This deferred or reduced spending is now extending across most major consumption sectors such as discretionary food and groceries, clothing and home textiles, consumer durables and home appliances, jewellery, furniture and furnishings, leisure travel, and entertainment. Oddly, the response of many manufacturers, marketers and retailers has been counter-intuitive.
Decisions taken today will determine urban India's shape
Enabling the online booking and payment for Indian Railway tickets is one such case. Amitabh Pandey's book is about how he went about enthusing teams inside the Indian Railways and facilitating online reservations, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
With 130-140 million Indians likely to move to cities in the next decade and an equal number in the one after that, the development of urban India represents the biggest challenge you can think of -- in the next two decades, India will have to create as many new cities as it created in the last several hundred years.
As global warming makes the weather more unpredictable, the water economy of urban India will have to be planned without depending on reservoirs getting routinely filled up by rain every year.
Revenue-share deals instead of fixed rentals will give retailers a better shot at profitability only over the long run.
What do we need to do to ensure that a woman's celebratory "cheers" do not become someone else's tears -- a few hours later.
India needs to urbanise more quickly and this can be done by making smaller urban centres a magnet for rural migration, says Sanjeev Sanyal.
Sukhois alongside Chenchus. Sheela Bhatt argues that the search for YSR brought India face to face with Bharat.
The Direct Taxes Code suffers from serious weaknesses.
The existing urban space is rapidly declining, the quality of life in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.
Reasons include include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure
While demand for hair care products is increasing in both rural and urban markets, urban consumers have proven to be more extravagant, reports T E Narasimhan.
The real story why the finance minister is not fighting the Lok Sabha election.
Helicopter Eela could have been a good film but falls short, says Savera R Someshwar.
Things are improving though. In the mid-eighties, for instance, only 5-8 per cent of students in engineering colleges and approximately 5-30 per cent of the population entering the IT industry were women. By 2005, 40.4 per cent of entrants into institutions of higher education were women. And women in the IT workforce grew 60 per cent in just two years--from 421,460 in 2006 to 670,984 in 2008.
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'People may frown upon things like role play or the fact that the father is talking to his daughter about sex. But slowly, shows like this will shift the conversation to our homes.'
'It does not look like unemployment is a priority for the government.' 'If there was one external factor which could have made an impact on low investment and low jobs, it was the Budget and it has not made any difference.' '2020 is going to be a difficult and challenging year.'
Mumbai-based oncologist Dr Shona Nag dispels the myths surrounding cancer.
Child labour in urban areas has increased by 53% during 2001-2011.
The 'poor' also own TVs and two-wheelers and no discussion of poverty is complete unless it acknowledges this.
Google India announced a new social campaign called #ReachForTheSky, in association with MARD initiative.
Reactions from across the country on the sensational murder case of a 14-year-old kid in Noida.
Many Indians live under a comfortable, though wrong notion, that education is not a 'commercial' service and cannot be regulated.
Bhubaneswar, Pune, Jaipur and Surat are among 20 cities selected in the first batch to be developed as 'smart cities'.
A smart city strives to minimise waste of resources.
The cell phone is no longer just a communications device -- it has evolved into a lifestyle statement.
Modi Sarkar will not stand on ceremonies even if that means stepping on the Constitution, says Udit Misra.
Already there are offers galore for everything, from loans on lifestyle products and even homes. Confusing it is, when you have to choose from the multitude of promotional offers to get the best product. A few guidelines before you go on that festival binge.
Driven by strong adoption of cheaper smartphones and affordable data plans, the number of mobile Internet users in India is expected to reach 213 million by June this year, says a report.
According to a survey, the urban-rural expenditure gap has widened in 2005-06, with Chhattisgarh recording the lowest consumption expenditure in rural areas.
City governments must work out the treatment system for faecal sludge.
So is India actually growing? Is the growth real or imaginary?
During the UPA government's second term in office, rural India's consumption expenditure grew at a faster pace than urban India's - for the first time since 1991.
The corporate healthcare segment may replicate the success of the Indian IT sector, say experts.
Sending emails is the most popular activity with a user base of close to 24 million, or 95 per cent of the total active Internet users.
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