Although rural districts account for 41.7 per cent of the country's population, their share in total doses is just 35 per cent
Rural India has 18.93 crore households of whom only 17 per cent had some version of a tap water connection
In a bid to curb Covid-19, BJP has set a target to train 400,000 of its party workers who will go to 200,000 villages and help people fight the pandemic, said National General Secretary Tarun Chugh
With fewer banks around, people in rural areas rely on gold in times of need as it can be easily liquidated
The uneven response to India's catastrophic second wave, coupled with widespread vaccine hesitancy, indicates that the coronavirus is here to stay.
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The survey was carried out to assess the impact of Covid-19, with a sample size of 200 respondents across 48 villages in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Unlock, good monsoon, better pace of vaccination and rural demand could galvanise recovery
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said it was heartening to note that three out of five people vaccinated as part of the inoculation drive on June 21 were from rural areas
Between March and May, consumer sentiments in rural India fell more than twice as much as in urban India
Manufacturers think the impact of Covid-19's ravages on rural India will abate if seasonal rains are good.
Health in rural India is a three-tiered system, with sub-centres (SC) as the most peripheral and the first points of contact
Aims to provide impetus to rural economy and small businesses
Bharat is suffering on multiple counts
Looks like India's demand curve has shifted downwards for a couple of years at least, writes Shailesh Dobhal
The fourth part of the series looks at the Covid situation in parts of Maharashtra's rural Thane district
The third part of the series looks at the state of vaccination in parts of rural Bengal
An even more virulent second wave means that economic growth, income and employment will again depend on agriculture to a large extent
The first of a 4-part series looks at the weak health infra, vaccine hesitancy in rural UP