Rural India
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 04 2022 - 3 min readIn order to provide digital banking and e-governance services to all the people living the rural India, Mahagram—a social enterprise has launched a citizen service delivery portal called ‘GramSevak.com’. These services are provided through digitally-enabled feet-on-street representatives as known as “Mahagram Sevak”. These “Mahagram Sevaks” will earn a commission for services provided by them ...
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Vaishnavi Gupta Aug 14 2020 - 6 min readAccording to a report by GrantThornton, India holds an enormous pool of opportunities across various sectors in rural India. With increased awareness and disposable income, the Indian rural populace is exploring its entrepreneurial side through start-ups and various franchise models. Further, to discover the business potential of rural India, it is important to introduce a ...
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Sneha Santra Jun 17 2019 - 3 min readFMCG is the 4th largest sector in the Indian economy where the urban segment contributes about 55% to the overall revenue generated by the sector. However, with internet penetration, growing awareness, increasing income and changing lifestyles, the FMCG market has seen faster growth in rural India as compared to the urban counterparts. FMCG products are ...
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Franchise India Bureau Dec 12 2018 - 1 min readThe Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi’s Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) has announced the first design competition 'Rural Innovative Technohunt – A technical challenge to identify rural problems and suggest solutions'. The competition is aimed at identifying rural problems and suggesting technical interventions to solve them. The rural problems can be from various themes ...
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Nibedita Mohanta Nov 03 2018 - 2 min readIt is estimated that the rural e–tail market is capable to present US $10b-US $12billion opportunity for e-commerce firms in the next four years. This can be attributed to the rising household incomes leading to an increase in consumption expenditure, diversified income sources from non-agricultural activities, positive agricultural outlook, increase in internet penetration, high ...