Rural
Rethinking rural cooperatives
However, we now need to look at the structure of rural cooperatives afresh, given the changed ecosystem and the players. The idea of a decentralised village-level financial institution as...
Weak monsoon dents rural demand as tractor sales fall in September
India's weakest monsoon in over a decade dented rural spending in September, weighing on tractor and two-wheeler purchases, while passenger vehicle demand stayed strong ahead of the festive season.The...
Rural India’s auto demand holds despite weak rains in August: Fada data
Rural demand for passenger vehicles (PVs), commercial vehicles (CVs) and three-wheelers is comfortably outpacing that in urban markets, even as deficient rain in several parts of the country has...
Two in 5 overnight trips in rural India for medical care, shows data
Health trips are the costliest: ₹29,454 for rural households and ₹41,649 for urban ones1 min read Last Updated : Sep 24 2026 | 12:42 AM ISTSeeking medical help spurs...
More cows than pupils – what is behind mass school closures in rural Kenya?
On what should be a busy morning at Kaliluni Primary School in southern Kenya, only cows are in attendance, grazing between broken classroom doors that hang open to reveal...
How Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Can Win Rural America
And I also believe that sustainability isn’t primarily being driven by government policy. It’s being driven by the demands of the private sector. Every company that comes to Kentucky...
China’s ‘new farmers’ learn to livestream in rural revitalisation
Gao Chaorong knows what it takes to turn out good crops of sweet potatoes, peanuts and wheat, but tasty produce is no longer enough to draw China's app savvy...
Kentucky’s Gov. Beshear says Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will ‘hit rural America right in the face’
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are waging war on rural America. Mr. Beshear, a Democrat who is thought to be eyeing a presidential...
Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home
Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming's ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams juts into the sky in southwestern China, a teetering monument to one...
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
Those problems led 136 rural hospitals, or about 3 percent, to close between 2010 and 2021. Almost three-fourths of those were in states that hadn’t expanded Medicaid through the...
