Rural India

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The Indian government has set ambitious target for Rural broadband penetration, i.e. to provide broadband connectivity to 2,50,000 Panchayats in the country in three years. “The government will dig into the Universal Service Obligation Fund established in 2002 to improve … Read More »

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09 Feb

MobilizingHealth Brings Emergency Healthcare to Rural India [A SMS Saves The Day]

By sinha 11 Comments

Rural India has been a talk of innovation (by their urban counterparts) but nothing substantial has happened in the last few years. The thing is that healthcare delivery is a huge challenge in India and most players trivialize it to an extent that the final offering becomes unhelpful to the masses. Read More »

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13 Jan

InfiBeam To Power Rural e-commerce In Gujarat: Rs.2000Cr Investment

By Guest Author 3 Comments

Ahmedabad based E-commerce startup InfiBeam is trying to do everything possible on earth that can be associated with a web company. From e-store to branded mobiles, from Pi to Phi, classifieds site to education portal to customized merchandise. In their … Read More »

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07 Dec

A Look At Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) in India [The Global Research & Innovation Hub]

By Guest Author 6 Comments

The Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) has emerged as a dominant concept in business, propelled by C.K Prahalad’s “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid”. The BoP is the largest, but poorest socio-economic group. In global terms, there are … Read More »

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14 Apr

What Rural India Wants? A Reliable Phone, Privacy Control and Direct Communication [Market Report]

By sinha 3 Comments

70 percent of all future mobile subscribers in the country will come from rural areas – I have mentioned this earlier and I do strongly believe that urban India is still looking at Rural India with an urban lens. A … Read More »

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04 Feb

Rural India Gets Technology/Broadband Boost – Nova Netbook, Computing Device

By manish 3 Comments

BSNL, in partnership with Novatium has launched slew of interesting products targeted towards Rural India (currently only for Uttar Pradesh). Novatium has launched three new products, Nova Navigator+, Nova Neon and Nova cNergy to increase the broadband adoption in rural … Read More »

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12 Jan

UID Project plans to introduce micro-payment platform for Rural India

By sinha 6 Comments

UID Project plans to introduce micro-payment platform in order to facilitate banking in rural India.

The platform will enable Business Correspondents (who could be a local kirana shop owner and will act as ‘micro atm’) to conduct instant transactions. Read More »

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21 Dec

MittiCool – The Cool Refrigerator made out of Clay [Rural India Innovation]

By sinha 11 Comments

Mitticool is a rural India innovation that works like a refrigerator, but does not require electricity. Conceptualized in 1997, Mitticool is developed by Gujarat based Manshuk Lal (who earlier worked as as a supervisor with a roof tiles Manufacturer), and the product works on the basic principle of evaporation. Read More »

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