Consumer satisfaction with accessing health services in rural India
28th December 2022 First of all, in rural India visiting a government health facility when one needs to consult a health practitioner is not at ubiquitous as one would assume. A survey, carried out by the Development Intelligence Unit (promoted by Transforming Rural India Foundation and Sambodhi Research and Communications), reveals that only in 57% […]
Digital footprint: Is there really an Urban-Rural divide?
22th December 2022 In 2009, the Government of India launched a National Pension System (NPS) to enable India’s 400 million informal sector workers without pension benefits to voluntarily accumulate micro-savings for their old age. The NPS is among the most efficient pension programs in the world and has already resulted in mobilizing new long-term household […]
Insights into Rural Entrepreneurship
In 2021, India’s rural population crossed 900 million, which makes it larger than the entire population of Europe. India is projected to remain predominantly rural till 2050. Moreover, the rural economy constitutes 46% of the national income and 70% workforce. The last two decades have seen profound changes in India’s rural economy. As per the […]