Tag: Rural
Lakhpati Didi: Reimagining Rural Development Through Women-Led Entrepreneurship
Policy UpdateTanvi NerurkarIntroduction: From Welfare to Women-Led DevelopmentIndia’s rural development policy has gone through three main phases. The first, called “women’s welfare,” saw women...
SHE-Marts & The Next Frontier Of Women-Led Development In India Building...
Policy UpdateTanvi NerurkarIntroductionIn the last thirty years, rural women’s development in India has gone through several stages. It began with welfare programs focused on...
Rural Women’s Property Revolution : NHFS-6 On Women Property Ownership –...
Mansi TirthaniBackgroundIn India property ownership is one of the most significant pillars of socio-economic empowerment but for an individual Indian woman it is a...
Rural Realities And Union Budget 2026-27
Event ReportMahalakshmi GururajThe IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS) at the IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an...
Union Budget 2026–27: A Rural Push With Constrained Structural Impact
Press ReleaseVyomini NathwaniThe IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel...
Water For Work, Work For Water — How A 2025 MGNREGA...
Policy UpdateAravindsamy RBackgroundWater scarcity has emerged as one of the most pressing developmental challenges confronting India. According to NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index...
Farmer Producer Organisations: Rural Prosperity
Policy UpdateAtharva SalunkeBackground:Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have evolved as collective institutions designed to empower small and marginal farmers with the aim of solving issues...
The Role Of Women’s Governance In Rural Self-Help Groups: Evolution And...
Noholie BonnerjeeIntroductionSelf-Help Groups (SHGs) are voluntary associations that aim to improve the economic conditions of rural communities. Participants from various rural/local communities, including women,...
From Margins To Mandates: How Rural Women’s Collectives Are Reclaiming Governance...
Bhairvi KushwahBased on government and institutional reports, including the World Bank’s review of SHG impacts and evaluations of DAY-NRLM, this blog attempts to propose...
Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG), 2004: Bridging Technology And Grassroots In...
Policy UpdateRashmi KumariBackgroundRural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) is a key initiative sponsored by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India...
