A few headlines regarding the World Bank recently caught my eye, mostly because they are not the usual development headlines I am used to reading. In the Business Standard’s “Migration to urban areas is good, says World Bank,” and domain-b.com’s…
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A startup incubated by Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI), a society established under IIT-Madras, plans to connect people living in rural areas with job opportunities presented by urban explosion – and make money…
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Energy and Environment: PM Manmohan Singh unveiled the country’s new Climate Action Plan, which will focus a large portion of its efforts on solar power. The plan also emphasized that these efforts are domestic in nature…
There is no doubt that the issues of migration and urbanization within India are wrought with controversy. In the case of rural-urban migration, which is overwhelmingly the case, the impact on the social, economic, and psychological structure of villages and cities,…
As brought to our attention by InfoChangeIndia, the phenomenon of urban migration is a multidimensional issue, with social and economic repercussions, both for rural and urban India. As described in an article entitled, “This Land is Ours!”, as a result of…
