Rural India

What are the rural livelihoods beyond agriculture? How do they impact Indian village life?

Surinder S Jodhka
· Sep 15, 2023 · 08:30 am
Decentralised solar power is scripting scores of success stories in rural India

Manish Kumar
· Mar 01, 2023 · 01:30 pm
In rural India, the slow switch to solar energy is helping bring lakhs into the banking system

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Aug 06, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Women’s groups that helped rural India through the pandemic are themselves struggling to survive

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
· Aug 01, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Covid-19: As the third wave looms, how prepared are the health centres in rural Maharashtra?

Tanvi Deshpande, IndiaSpend.com
· Jul 19, 2021 · 01:30 pm
A microfinance crisis is brewing in Assam leaving behind a trail of deaths and broken families

Arunabh Saikia
· Jan 06, 2020 · 09:00 am
In Maharashtra, the youth’s migration to cities is driving up healthcare costs for those left behind

Abhijeet Jadhav
· Dec 31, 2019 · 09:30 pm
For thousands of Indians searching for smarter, cheaper prosthetic limbs, AI may be the answer

Ranjit Devraj
· Dec 23, 2019 · 11:30 pm
In a UP district, living with ‘mummyji’ can restrict a woman’s access to family planning

Disha Shetty, IndiaSpend.com
· Dec 18, 2019 · 01:30 pm
In rural Jharkhand and Rajasthan, a social audit reveals the health problems plaguing young girls

Sadhika Tiwari, HealthCheck.in
· Nov 30, 2019 · 09:30 pm
The big news: Narendra Modi declares rural India open defecation free, and nine other top stories

Scroll Staff
· Oct 03, 2019 · 08:27 am
Why much of India lacks access to safe drinking water, despite an ambitious government project

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· Nov 27, 2018 · 01:30 pm
As catch declines, Chilika fishers are forced to become migrant labourers

Rakhi Ghosh
· Apr 28, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Toymakers of Chitrakoot struggle to craft a living as children increasingly switch to modern toys

Jigyasa Mishra
· Apr 16, 2018 · 01:30 pm
This Rajasthan village wants to catch up with India’s digital revolution – but lacks the wherewithal

Shubham Sharma
· Apr 15, 2018 · 09:30 pm
From farm and forest: Why thousands of farmers are marching to Mumbai

Parth MN
· Mar 09, 2018 · 01:30 pm
Students studying till Class 8 in rural India doubles but acquire fewer skills, finds report

Scroll Staff
· Jan 16, 2018 · 05:08 pm
Monsoon, elections and Budget raise hopes of bonanza for India’s consumer goods companies

Suneera Tandon, qz.com
· Jan 12, 2018 · 01:30 pm
Women in rural India still struggle to get cooking fuel and water, which hurts their health

Abhijeet Jadhav
· Jan 06, 2018 · 02:30 pm
The Mushroom Lady of Nalanda: How this woman farmer changed the lives of hundreds of women in Bihar

Mohd Imran Khan
· Dec 03, 2017 · 07:30 pm