Digital exclusion raises cost of living for rural masses
Every time a villager travels to a nearby town or village to access the Internet, he or she is spending at least two hours on just commuting back
Every time a villager travels to a nearby town or village to access the Internet, he or she is spending at least two hours on just commuting back
Anita Devi is from Angara in District Ranchi of Jharkhand. She used to run a dhaba with her husband. As the couple tried to make ends meets, the husband took ill. Dauntless Anita not only took charge of running the Dhaba all by herself, but planned to expand it further. Today, she singl-ehandedly runs a…
मानसून की दस्तक से पहले तक महाराष्ट्र का लातूर जिला देश का सबसे सूखा प्रभावित क्षेत्र था। तीन-चार साल से यहां का यही हाल है। लातूर में एक सामुदायिक सूचना संसाधन केंद्र है। इस साल जनवरी से इसमें हर रोज 560 लोग डिजिटल साक्षरता के लिए आते हैं, जिनमें से ज्यादातर बच्चे और औरतें हैं।…
The struggle for water has become so intense that farmers are paying the price with their lives
The objective of the Smart Cities Mission is to improve the quality of life of people by harnessing technology for local area development. For that citizen engagement is vital
Chanderiyaan, a project in Madhya Pradesh, is digitally empowering the weaver community of Chanderi in an effort to streamline the weaving process and provide sustainable livelihood options for the youth.
Wages from her 100 days of annual labour under the MGNREGA scheme is the only source of income for her small household. It’s just barely enough to feed the two of them.
Most of the villagers of Jakhnikhal in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand fall above the poverty line and belong to the general category. However, they don’t earn enough to be able to afford grains and other food items at market price.
Twenty-two-year-old Malhar Indulkar lives on the banks of Vashishti in Maharashtra’s coastal Konkan region. When he realized that industrial waste and pollutants were affecting the river’s fauna, he put his energies into conserving otters which eat up sick fish, thereby restricting the spread of infections. A man in his early 30s, Brijendra Prajapati, is trying…
Known as International Labour Day, 1 May is a day of celebration of the working class. On the occasion of this day of celebration, for the past few years, I had been receiving invitations from an organization called the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan to attend a workers’ community gathering in Bhim, a village in Rajasthan.…