Explore how empowering women farmers in India with access to credit can transform rural livelihoods and drive economic growth ...

Uttar Pradesh reports 23 lakh women engaged under MGNREGA in 2025-26, with ₹111 crore paid to women supervisors, underscoring ...

The changing climate is increasing the workload and vulnerability of rural women, affecting sectors like agriculture.

From micro-loans to market stalls and digital storefronts, women-led collectives are reshaping India’s grassroots economy even as systemic roadblocks remain. Here’s how.

Women-led enterprises now make up 18% of India's startups. From tech to rural collectives, women are using digital tools to drive economic growth and resilience.

Udyam programme — aims to build a scalable national model capable of empowering one million women entrepreneurs and reaching 100 million rural households by 2030.

India's ambition to become a $30 trillion economy by 2047 cannot be realized without unleashing the full potential of its ...

Outside a few pockets — domestic work, street vending, or crowded transits — women simply aren’t as present in India's public ...

Discover key facts about MGNREGA, India’s rural employment scheme ensuring jobs, transparency, and development.

Despite the diversity that shapes the reality of Indian women, social programs are still designed as ‘one size fits all’.

India’s unemployment rate declined to 5.2% in the July–September 2025 quarter from 5.4% previously, driven by rural job gains during the monsoon season, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey ...

On November 20, 2019, I wrote for The Indian Express on “A Greater Ease of Living.” I had argued that discussions of rural ...