News for 'Department of Rural Development'

Why girls start dropping out of school in class 9

Education is not simply a private affair whereby we can say that good money buys good education and little money buys not-so-good education, says Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Despite delays, Modi govt has a plan to turn around the economy

Money is being released and the government knows it will have to front-run private investment.

He left a Rs 90K-job to work with farmers in a Bengal village

Abhishek Singhania left a career at PwC to work in a food security project as a research fellow.

Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO of WNS shares his success story

Not many people know that today's BPM industry gives specialists great career options.

How India can win over the Kashmiris

'No amount of economic measures or prosperity in Kashmir will make any dent in the situation there. The average Kashmiri understands the Pakistani game and is unlikely to prefer Pakistan over India. But the Pakistanis have made clever use of religious symbols and slogans to force religious-minded Kashmiris to support them. India has failed to counter this posturing by the separatists,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

'At the UN, there were times I wished India had a stronger government'

'Under Narendra Modi's leadership, we will be able to regain our rightful place in the community of nations,' veteran diplomat Hardeep Singh Puri, who joined the BJP on January 2, tells Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt.

'At the UN, there were times I wished India had a stronger government'

Big boost for agriculture, bags Rs 44,485 crore grant in FY17

A provision of Rs 15,000 crore has been made in the budgetary estimate of 2016-17 towards interest subvention.

Has Change really come to Bihar?

What is Change really like in Bihar? Once seen as India's basket-case, what is its turnaround story like? Archana Masih reports from India's other most talked about state.

Ranji Trophy: Zaheer five-for gives Mumbai upper hand

Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.

'Sevak Project is a health care plan for the villagers and by the villagers'

My goal is to implement the Sevak project all over India and make the villages true Gandhian villages -- self sustainable in every way, including health, says Dr Thakor Patel, head of the American Association of Physician of Indian Origin's Public Health Committee. Aziz Haniffa reports

'Ayurveda is medicine with intelligence, modern medicine is like a bullet'

Ayurvedic expert Dr G G Gangadharan on how the ancient Indian medical practice needs to be propagated in the country of its origin

'New breed' Indian Diaspora has its heart in the right place

Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai.

Corporate leaders whose moves will be most watched in 2015

India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.

31 amazing innovations from young Indians

The National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), Ahmedabad shared the ideas that shined at the IGNITE 2015.

The American who rescues Indian treasures!

'Cultural property crimes have been linked, by the United Nations and others, to terrorism.' 'These links show the perpetrators to be associated with major criminal and terrorist networks like ISIS.

Battleground Rajya Sabha!

It is not in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a clear majority, but the Rajya Sabha that the Opposition has ganged up to checkmate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plans.