In a region with a literacy rate of just 68.5%, these libraries are a rarity.
While urban areas benefit from funded public libraries, rural sites like Uttar Pradesh struggle with access.
#RuralIndia
70% of #RuralIndia is now #online
Discretionary #spending is slowing down
🌾💪 Did You Know? 💪🌾
Rural India, home to nearly 65% of our population, contributes a significant 50% to the nation’s GDP! 🌱📈 The backbone of our economy, rural communities and farmers drive growth and prosperity across the nation! 🙌🇮🇳
Let's appreciate and support our rural heroes for their hard work and resilience. 🌍❤️
#RuralIndia #IndiaGDP #Farmers #EconomicGrowth #Agriculture #IndiaEconomy #SupportRuralIndia #ProudOfIndia #Finodha
⭕️ഗോതമ്പ് മോഷണം: രണ്ട് ആൺകുട്ടികളെ ക്രൂരമായി മർദ്ദിച്ചു; നാലുപേർക്കെതിരെ കേസ്
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Curious about the ancient sport of cockfighting and its cultural roots in India? In my latest blog, I dive into my first hand experience in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, where cockfighting is deeply woven into the Gond tribe's traditions.
#Tradition #Animal #Cockfighting #AnimalWelfare #Gondtribe #CulturalPreservation #TraditionVsViolence #TribalCulture #AnimalRights #SocietalInsights #SocialImpact, #NonProfit, #TribalDevelopment, #RuralIndia, #CommunityEngagement
Dalit Labourer, Family Brutally Assaulted for Refusing Forced Labour in UP Village
The police have responded promptly by registering an FIR and arresting four individuals involved in the attack.
#UttarPradesh #gonda #dalits #CasteViolence #labour #RuralIndia #casteism #caste #india
'I Get Hungry By 11 am But I'm Still Working': Rural Wages Stagnated During Modi's 10-Year Tenure
As per economic think-tank ICRIER, during the Modi government’s first term, growth in real rural wages for farm and non-farm sectors declined to 3% and 3.3% respectively. However, during the Modi government’s second term, the situation worsened as growth turned negative: -0.6% for farm wages and -1.4% for non-farm wages. Rohit Inani writes.
#RuralWages #ICRIER #labour #agriculture #RuralIndia #economy #demonetisation #covid19 #governance #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india
Rural job scheme in huge demand, hints at ongoing distress in villages
MGNREGS has generated 40 crore persondays of work more than the pre-pandemic (2019-20) level - suggesting a continuing rural distress, and that job opportunities in the cities may not have returned to normal.
#MGNREGS #RuralIndia #jobs #unemployment #labour #poverty #governance #india
World-beating growth? Not for India's rural majority
Millions are struggling with the economic slowdown in rural India, home to 60% of its 1.4 billion people.
#economy #RuralIndia #poverty #inequality #unemployment #jobs #labour #labor #india
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/world-beating-growth-not-indias-rural-majority-2024-01-31/
19-year-old boy kills sister in Tirunelveli, ‘honour’ killing suspected
The accused, Muthu, allegedly murdered his sister as she refused to break her relationship with one of her colleagues, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste (SC).
#TamilNadu #tirunelveli #HonourKilling #CasteViolence #IntercasteLove #HumanRights #caste #RuralIndia #india
Temples closed following entry of Dalit youth at Gollarahatti in Tarikere
Residents says temples will remain closed until rituals of ‘purification’ are held; locals say this is an age-old practice.
#karnataka #tarikere #dalits #TempleEntry #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianTemples #RuralIndia #india
Tamil Nadu: Study says caste pride reigns in schools, identifies casteist teachers
The Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front submitted a study highlighting the prevalence of caste violence and discrimination in schools to the state government, seeking action in one month’s time.
#TamilNadu #casteism #education #schools #CasteViolence #TNUEF #dalits #adivasis #untouchability #HumanRights #RuralIndia #caste #india
A married woman’s residential status should not be viewed through a patriarchal prism, says Madras HC
Though a married woman ordinarily lives at her husband’s place, she cannot be presumed to have disowned her residential rights at her parents’ house on account of her marriage. The rules of marriage do not impose any such condition on a woman, and therefore, she can gain public employment by claiming to be a resident of her native village, the Madras High Court has said.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #WomensRights #patriarchy #RuralIndia #india
"We fought for two things-- for Freedom and Independence. We attained Independence" - 'Captain Bhau', who lead the armed faction of the Secessionist Provisional Govt of Satara against the godforsaken Brits from 1943-46.
That's the quote with which Sainath introduces this book, "The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom".
On Billionaires now in India:
The wealthiest Indian has more wealth than the GDP of all of Punjab. The second wealthiest Indian has more wealth than the GDP of Haryana. Punjab, and Haryana are two of the relatively "rich" states.
#India #History #Freedom #PSainath #RuralIndia #PeoplesArchiveOfRuralIndia #Inequality #Colonialism
Gujarat: Five booked after Dalit principal dies by suicide in Amreli
In a video message, Kanti Chauhan had alleged that the village head used casteist slurs against him and asked to hand over grants that he had received.
#gujarat #amreli #dalits #CasteViolence #KantiChauhan #HateSpeech #suicide #casteism #education #RuralIndia #BJPStates #india
https://scroll.in/latest/1057947/gujarat-five-booked-after-dalit-principal-dies-by-suicide-in-amreli
WhatsApp is helping activists stop child marriage in Maharashtra’s Beed
In Beed, underage girls were being rampantly married off in small ceremonies in the villages, making it impossible to track them.
#maharashtra #beed #ChildMarriage #whatsapp #activism #RuralIndia #india
Not just Dalit residents, their homes too can’t face upper castes in this Tamil Nadu village
An unwritten caste order has barred members of a Scheduled Caste community (Arunthathiyars) for the past 40 years from building houses with entrances facing the homes of dominant castes (Naickers).
#TamilNadu #thoothukudi #dalits #arunthathiyars #dalits #naickers #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #RuralIndia #india
Two Years After Lakhimpur Kheri Killings, Three Issues from Rural India That Can't Be Ignored
A fact-finding report published by rights activists points out that unresolved agrarian questions, distortions of democracy, and the culture of impunity in rural India are the reasons why such violence took place in the UP town. A.R. Vasavi writes.
#UttarPradesh #LakhimpurKheri #LakhimpurKheriKillings #BJP #AshishMishra #AjayMishra #agriculture #farmers #SamyuktKisanMorcha #RuralIndia #india
12-Year-Old Adivasi Boy Dies After Alleged Attack by Lynch Mob for 'Stealing' Food
The boy, who belonged to the Lodha Sabhar community, was brutally attacked after a local Trinamool Congress leader allegedly instigated the mob to teach the boy a 'lesson'.
#WestBengal #WestMedinipur #LodhaShabar #HateCrime #lynching #ViolenceAgainstChildren #tribals #casteism #TMC #TrinamoolCongress #RuralIndia #india
Gauri Gill wins Prix Pictet award – in pictures
For more than two decades, the Indian photographer has been closely engaged with marginalised communities in the desert of western Rajasthan, north India, and for the last decade with Indigenous artists in Maharashtra.
#GauriGill #PrixPictet #photography #sustainability #maharashtra #rajasthan #RuralIndia #india
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