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India Startup Festival To Be Held In Bengaluru With Focus On Rural Empowerment
More than 10,000 startups from Indian, the UK and Japan will take part in ISF. About 500 investors are also expected to be present.
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"Our Government Working For Empowerment Of Rural Women": Mamata Banerjee
The West Bengal government is working for the empowerment of rural women through various self-help groups, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka Minister Says Considering Whether To Accept Additional Portfolio
Striking a dissenting note over the additional charge of sports and youth empowerment, Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj KS Eshwarappa on Saturday said he was mulling whether to accept it or not.
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'Digital India' Eliminated Middlemen, Empowered Citizens: PM Modi
"We launched Digital India with a very simple focus -- to ensure more people can benefit from the joys of technology, especially in rural areas," PM Modi said.
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Rural India: Living Under Digital Exclusion
In India, 300 million people do not have access to electricity and as per a World Bank report, 1.063 billion people are still offline. India may have crossed 1 billion mobile subscriptions mark in 2016, but they are not unique users and only indicate the number of SIM cards sold. While access to mobile phones in rural areas is rising, the gadget av...
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On Some Power Projects, PM Narendra Modi Finds His 'Hands Tied': Foreign Media
In a small Himalayan village near a wildlife sanctuary in India's north, 200 families have banded together to decide whether a hydroelectric power plant slated for their land can go ahead. To the chagrin of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, their answer will be a resounding "no".
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Oracle India Joins SBI To Foster Digital Skills Initiative
Global software and Cloud major Oracle India on Monday announced a corporate citizenship collaboration with State Bank of India (SBI) and launched the 'D-Change' programme which will support education and learning, women's empowerment and rural skills development in the country.
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Spicejet Fetes 20 Rural 'Women Of Substance' On All-Women Crew Flight
Saluting the spirit of womanhood, SpiceJet in collaboration with two non-profit organisations working for women's empowerment, flew 20 women from rural hinterlands on an all-women crew flight to the Art of Living Centre in Benguluru on Tuesday that was celebrated as International Women's Day.
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Hindustan Zinc Trains Rural Women in Uniform-Making
Hindustan Zinc has trained at least 150 rural and tribal women in making school uniforms in an eight-day workshop under its "Sakhi" women's empowerment campaign in Udaipur, a company statement said today.
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Centre Could Increase Reservation for Women in Panchayats
Government may accept a suggestion by states to increase reservation for women in Panchayati Raj institutions from the present five to 10 years.
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Government to Empower Panchayati Raj Institutions
The new government will focus on improving quality of life in villages through empowered Panchayati Raj institutions and developing basic infrastructure in rural areas.
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Empowering rural India, 160 characters at a time
Entrepreneur Ravi Ghate has been using SMS messages to inform and educate people in rural Maharashtra.
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Govt working to replicate Kudumbashree mission in other states
Hailing Kerala's Kudumbashree mission,that aims at empowerment of women through self-help groups, as "unique", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the Government was working to "replicate" the model in other states.
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India Startup Festival To Be Held In Bengaluru With Focus On Rural Empowerment
More than 10,000 startups from Indian, the UK and Japan will take part in ISF. About 500 investors are also expected to be present.
-
"Our Government Working For Empowerment Of Rural Women": Mamata Banerjee
The West Bengal government is working for the empowerment of rural women through various self-help groups, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka Minister Says Considering Whether To Accept Additional Portfolio
Striking a dissenting note over the additional charge of sports and youth empowerment, Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj KS Eshwarappa on Saturday said he was mulling whether to accept it or not.
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'Digital India' Eliminated Middlemen, Empowered Citizens: PM Modi
"We launched Digital India with a very simple focus -- to ensure more people can benefit from the joys of technology, especially in rural areas," PM Modi said.
-
Rural India: Living Under Digital Exclusion
In India, 300 million people do not have access to electricity and as per a World Bank report, 1.063 billion people are still offline. India may have crossed 1 billion mobile subscriptions mark in 2016, but they are not unique users and only indicate the number of SIM cards sold. While access to mobile phones in rural areas is rising, the gadget av...
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On Some Power Projects, PM Narendra Modi Finds His 'Hands Tied': Foreign Media
In a small Himalayan village near a wildlife sanctuary in India's north, 200 families have banded together to decide whether a hydroelectric power plant slated for their land can go ahead. To the chagrin of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, their answer will be a resounding "no".
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Oracle India Joins SBI To Foster Digital Skills Initiative
Global software and Cloud major Oracle India on Monday announced a corporate citizenship collaboration with State Bank of India (SBI) and launched the 'D-Change' programme which will support education and learning, women's empowerment and rural skills development in the country.
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Spicejet Fetes 20 Rural 'Women Of Substance' On All-Women Crew Flight
Saluting the spirit of womanhood, SpiceJet in collaboration with two non-profit organisations working for women's empowerment, flew 20 women from rural hinterlands on an all-women crew flight to the Art of Living Centre in Benguluru on Tuesday that was celebrated as International Women's Day.
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Hindustan Zinc Trains Rural Women in Uniform-Making
Hindustan Zinc has trained at least 150 rural and tribal women in making school uniforms in an eight-day workshop under its "Sakhi" women's empowerment campaign in Udaipur, a company statement said today.
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Centre Could Increase Reservation for Women in Panchayats
Government may accept a suggestion by states to increase reservation for women in Panchayati Raj institutions from the present five to 10 years.
-
Government to Empower Panchayati Raj Institutions
The new government will focus on improving quality of life in villages through empowered Panchayati Raj institutions and developing basic infrastructure in rural areas.
-
Empowering rural India, 160 characters at a time
Entrepreneur Ravi Ghate has been using SMS messages to inform and educate people in rural Maharashtra.
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Govt working to replicate Kudumbashree mission in other states
Hailing Kerala's Kudumbashree mission,that aims at empowerment of women through self-help groups, as "unique", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the Government was working to "replicate" the model in other states.
