A friend of mine recently pointed me towards an incredible resource. It’s called the Annual Status of Education Report (or ASER, which means impact in Hindi). ASER is an ambitious survey of the state ...

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India is one of the world’s largest consumers of gold, and nearly 60% of the country’s gold demand originates from rural ...

Additionally, these consumers are buying premium brands albeit in small pack sizes and adding new product categories to their ...

Solar power is bringing light to remote villages across India. Rural residents, long disconnected from the grid, are increasingly using solar panels and battery banks to charge mobile phones, ...

CHENNAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sales volume growth in the Indian consumer goods sector in the October-December quarter slowed sequentially amid soft sales at mom-and-pop stores, market researcher ...

This article was originally published byIndian Country Today and is republished here with permission. Recently, Paul Krugman shared his thoughts about the decline of rural America: “There are powerful ...

Motul’s India business has been growing at nearly three times the industry rate of 4–6%, driven by rising demand for premium ...

Since 2004, two World Bank projects have helped the Government of India’s National Rural Roads Program (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana or PMGSY) to substantially expand rural road connectivity in a ...