rural india

Waterless urinals not only help solve India’s sanitation issue, their unique design can also great assist in the country’s quest for water security.

Three women from the Anupshahr Tehsil in rural western U.P. joined hands earlier this year to open a dairy, thus throwing the doors open for women from three SHGs to enhance their income.

Bihar’s rural areas face great challenges in the education sector, with low attendance and poor quality schools rampant. A husband-wife duo hope to rectify this, with a little help.

At a time when social media is being used to spread lies and malicious rumors, a group of young people in Assam are using WhatsApp and Facebook groups to prevent child marriages in the underdeveloped district of Darrang. Abdul Gani takes a closer look.

For many budding Indian artists, getting proper training and education can make all the difference between earning livelihoods and living in squalor. A crowdfunding campaign aims to help such a training programme educate three budding artisans from Gujarat.

Ramesh Bhaiya and Vimla Bahan, a husband-wife duo, have brought sweeping change and development to Bartara village, formerly one of the most crime-ridden and neglected areas of Uttar Pradesh.

Once topping the charts in child marriages in the country, Bihar has reduced the incidence of this social evil considerably, helped by innovative interventions such as starting girls clubs for solidarity, and encouraging them to play football.

As part of the Satyameva Jayate Water Cup 2017, over 1,300 villages in drought-prone areas of Maharashtra are creating water-harvesting structures to overcome chronic water scarcity, particularly during the hot season. Nidhi Jamwal takes a closer look.

She would go door to door and check about the toilets and found that nearly 400 households were without any.

Mental healthcare services need to be integrated into India’s primary health care systems so that the country’s mental health burden can be reduced as soon as possible.