The Rural and Regional Development Ministry has outlined five key focus areas to guide rural development programmes this year, aimed at ensuring sustainable, people-centric and values-based growth.

The concept of smart villages encapsulates a holistic approach to rural development by harnessing digitalisation, innovative technologies and community engagement to overcome longstanding challenges ...

In a gesture both symbolic and strategic, the General Assembly declared July 6 as World Rural Development Day, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.