Does rural India have a level field for opportunities and aspirations?
Unless children growing up in India’s villages have access to equality of opportunity in its broad...
Digital inclusion still far from rural India
Even as a digital revolution sweeps across India, people in the more impoverished and remote parts o...
What stops rural enterprises from growth and prosperity?
Any external intervener who seeks to promote rural enterprises must create credible incentives for v...
Better nurture needed for new producers’ organizations
Development professionals managing newly formed farmer producers’ organizations, while high on tec...
Antenatal care of producer enterprises missing in India
If producer companies that aim to benefit poor farmers are to succeed in India, critical factors suc...
From bathroom services to tree protection, micro businesses in rural areas need new ideas
Small business in villages do indeed create livelihoods, but there is an over-saturation in dairy, c...
Flayers and leather workers are victims of thick-skinned polity
Leather workers and people who deal with cattle carcasses remain an oppressed minority in villages a...
Hiccups of clean growth or wages of stupid policy?
Should we opt for an economy that thrives on facelessness and tax evasion just because it supports l...
How can we kick-start Make in Rural India?
A significant portion of the government’s flagship Make in India initiative can be realised in the...
The spirit of Prime Minister’s model village scheme
Has the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, aimed at all-round development of three villages by each Member o...