Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 4: In a stirring celebration of grassroots governance and visionary rural leadership, Lokmat Media Group successfully hosted the fourth edition of the Lokmat Sarpanch Awards 2025, honoring 13 exceptional Sarpanchs from across 24 districts of Maharashtra. He
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisioned a Viksit Bharat by 2047, with villages playing a vital role in shaping this future. For sustained rural progress, it is important that Gram Panchayat elections are held through consensus. This not only ensures active public participation in develop
"The Internet has reached 95 per cent of villages in the country. Under the Congress rule, only 27 crore internet connections existed. Today, India has 97 crore connections. This is the truth and the success of Digital India," he said.
The Council of Ministers approved the implementation of 'Mukhyamantri Vrindavan Gram Yojana' to make the villages self-reliant in the state. Under this scheme, one village from each district will be selected, having a minimum population of 2000 and at least 500 cattle.
New Delhi [India], July 1: This week, a group of students from SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat (SRMUH) will leave their campus and begin a journey far from familiar surroundings. They are travelling from India Gate, Delhi to Ladakh. Not for adventure or escape, but to help children in some
Region's premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has been working tirelessly in project mode across various villages in five districts of Eastern Assam to mitigate human-elephant conflict and facilitate human-wildlife coexistence.
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 30: In a heartfelt gesture to promote education in rural India, Avaada Foundation distributed 176 bicycles to meritorious students from 105 villages out of which 120 are girl students, The bicycles aim to ease their journey to school and encourage continued
For this scheme, officials from Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) have identified 23,000 PVTG houses without electricity in tribal villages and settlements under its jurisdiction.
Continuous rainfall over the past two days has led to severe waterlogging in several blocks and panchayats of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, particularly in villages near the Similipal region.
As part of the Shala Praveshotsav - Kanya Kelavani Mahotsav, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has adopted a sensitive approach by staying overnight in remote and border-area villages to promote school enrollment among children.