Gap Between Skilled and Unskilled, Rural and Urban, Online and Offline is reducing; Bharat no longer Backbencher of Growth Story
India, that is, Bharat - the majority of our country that is living in villages -- is symbolic of our aspirations. Policy makers from top down and citizens from bottom up are cognizant of the fact that sustainable transformation of India is incomplete without the inclusion of rural India in its growth story. Transformational stories of rural enterprises and multiple instances of reverse migration are evidence of the concerted efforts taken by the government and policy makers. The early morning image of a rugged peasant pulling a plough has faded before the newer reality of a growing India. It isn’t a coincidence that this growth is emerging after the government’s commitment towards inclusive growth Sabka Saath, Sabka Gaon, Sabka Vikas. It's been two years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government’s 'Rurban' Mission, with a cluster-based development model, to provide urban amenities to rural India. Three hundred village clusters were created keeping in ...