Rural Connect - May edition has a cover story on grassroots innovation and how the villagers are benefitting out of these inventions. The issue also has coverage on human trafficking growing in India. There is a coverage on Nepal's earthquake and how people are trying to resurrect there life once again in the devastated neighbouring country of Nepal.

The cover story discusses how solar energy is coming up as an alternative and cost-effective basic electrical power in rural India. The edition has several stories on development issues.

The cover talks about how with the Modi Government entering the last couple of years of its term before the 2019 general elections, the rural sector will see a stronger focus on sustainable livelihood mission, or in other words, how to increase the household income of people living in rural areas.

The Cover Story talks about how the hypermarkets in  villages promise to drive marketing plans of companies as they eye the emerging rural market, which accounts to 62 per cent of income, 67 percent expenditure and 35 percent savings. The edition also has its regular column and informative stories on rural India

The issue discusses the deepening  farm crisis coupled with an ever-growing population, the food crisis is assuming alarming proportions in the country. Agricultue in India is undergoing a structural change leading to a debacle situation

The cover story of March edition of RURAL CONNECT is focused on the government's initiative to include all masses on the digital platform through Aadhar card scheme so that benefits of subsidies and other schemes reach to them directly. The other stories include topics on healthcare, farming, agricultural reforms, rural innovation, etc.

As a cover story, the magazine has done a story on how mobile penetration is bring a change in the lives of people living in villages of India. With more informative and better outlook, Rural Connect has been packaged rightly and effectively.

The edition has covered the critical issue of farming sector in the country. What government needs to do for the welfare of farmers in the country. We have columns from Union Ministers like Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. We have more interesting stories and regular columns.

This edition focuses on how new business processing units are bringing jobs in rural India. We have given coverage to the new government in Bihar. We also have interviewed Bollywood Actor Vidya Balan, who speaks about her rights for women as well as sanitation campaign of the government of which she is the brand ambassador.

The edition has cover story on Make in India initiative by the government. RURAL CONNECT TEAM evaluates the roll out Make in India initiative and its prospect. Along with regular column in the reminiscence we have interviewed Bollywood actor Tabu.

As a cover story, Digital mission of the government has been discussed and what are the challenges ahead in meeting the targets.
In an exclusive, Bollywood Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan talks about her life after motherhood and her perspective about movies and issues of personal life.

The cover story is about CSR activities where many companies are rightly doing a great job for the country.

CHERISHING LIVES - Are companies undertaking CSR activities doing justice with their contribution to
the society through its business activities and its social investment?

Social Change - Social marketing for rural modification

Agri Tech - Applying nanotechnology

Rural Sport - Inculcating sporting culture

The cover story is about human trafficking in Nepal post the Himalayan tragedy this year.

The July edition talks about financial inclusion as its cover story as it assesses the success of the Jan Dhan Scheme of the government. The edition also has a story on bureaucratic intercession and Modi government is using bureaucracy in India's growth history. Other usual stuffs are there. Happy reading!!

As the cover story, importance of information and communication technology has been discussed. The issue has also covered issues of farmers, animal husbandry, rural sports, trade, climate change and other regular columns have been covered. Wish you happy reading.

The cover story focuses on issues of farmers in the country and how climate change and unseasonal rain have ruined the standing crops. Other important stories include: Acid attack victims account on life after attack; Commentary on Land Acquisition Bill; and many other stories.

Rural Connect is the first and only magazine to comprehensively track the bona fide concern of all the stakeholders of rural India.
With this publication, we are trying to elicit the grassroots realities, which are typically being overlooked by the policymakers. The magazine rallies round them to comprehend the issues and try making policies in that direction. 
The magazine, with its dedicated coverage, aims to take a crack at mismanagement of the Central schemes which are frequently going awry because of insidious leakages in the system. 
It legitimately pinpoints the mismatch and tries to play a part in appropriating the mismatch by its analytical, investigative and informed stories.
It also plays a role as a discovery for corporates, rallying round them in making strategies on how to seek out the growing aspirations of rural India. It also aims to act as a guidebook to policy makers, corporate houses, rural marketers, management students on how to understand the real Bharat and its dynamics. 
With this publication, we are trying to assert a new revolution in terms of providing you with accurate, investigative, sincere, and comprehensive coverage on rural India.
We would like to connect you with the real Bharat with an intention to make you more erudite, conscious and well-informed.

As a cover story, the issue talks about corporate social responsibility. Many companies are rightly doing a great job for the country, through CSR.

The issue focuses on how 'Bringing Jobs to Villages' will assimilate rural India into knowledge economy by providing job opportunities. Both private players and government are pioneering the concept of outsourcing and bringing job opportunities to rural India

The cover story of November edition or Rural Connect is on how government plans to create Model Villages in the country, thus bring a revolution from the grassroots as how systematic and fundamental changes are in the pipeline. 
The issue also consist of special stories on issues of rural communications, rural healthcare, marketing and branding products in rural India,; how Haryana experienced an unique political wave leading to non-jat wave in its favour; and there are many more columns by experts and interesting stories from the primary level.

Rural Connect with its mass reach (40,000 copies) has an influential readership of over 2 Lakh among prominent key decision makers of rural India, bureaucrats, corporate houses, management institutes, embassies, marketing companies, tourism boards, agriculture sector, automobile companies, equipment manufacturers, telecom operators, different departments of government, international agencies, non-profit organisations and masses in general.
The magazine aims to bridge the gap between rural and urban India with its analytical and informed stories, direct from the grassroots level. It also acts as a guiding force to the policy makers on how to understand the real Bharat and the dynamics of rural India. It helps readers to make an informed choice on rural India.

Rural Connect is country’s first and only magazine to focus on rural India. It aims to bridge the gap between rural and urban India with its analytical and informed stories, direct from the grassroots level. It also acts as a guiding force to the policy makers on how to understand the real Bharat and the dynamics of rural India.

Rural Connect is  country’s first and only magazine covering the issues of rural India and is aimed at bridging the gap between rural and urban India  with its analytical and informed stories.  
This monthly magazine, with its mass reach (40,000 copies), has a massive readership of over 3 Lakhs among prominent key decision makers of rural India, bureaucrats, corporate houses, B-Schools, embassies, marketing companies, tourism boards, agriculture equipment manufacturers, telecom operators, automobile companies, agri-universities, and different departments of government, international agencies, non-profit organizations and masses in general.
The magazine acts as a guiding force to the policy makers on how to understand the real Bharat and its dynamics. It helps readers to make an informed choice on rural India.

This issue highlights the Cover story Bolstering Budget - Accelerating and sustaining the laggard economy is the key focus of Narendra Modi government in its first budget.

This issue highlights the cover story of Invigorating Economy - Bringing verve in the financial system of the country is a big challenge for Narendra Modi government.

This issue highlights the cover story of Challenges ahead - The new government coming at the centre will have to devote itself for outright enrichment as rural economy is enduring several adversities.

This issue highlights the Election Extravaganza - Rural India is more active when it comes to voting. A nation wide survey finds out determinants in terms of rural Voting pattern.

The Cover Story tracks the large but still fragmented rural markets, which are being chased by all in the corporate sector. The haats are turning out to be a place to sell and promote the products of different companies.

The Cover Story highlights fund leakages at various levels in various schemes intended for the welfare of rural masses. In this issue, read how sports is giving new employment opportunities to rural men and women. People like PV Rajagopal are striving hard to save the land rights of the farmers of India. Also read how celebrated playback singer Kailash Kher looks rural India.

The Cover story tracks the failure at various fronts that are increasing the demand-supply gap in agriculture. In the interview, NSDC chief Dilip Chenoy talks about skilling rural youth for rural jobs. The founder and MD of Oxigen Services Pvt Ltd. talks about craeting mobile driven platform to fill the financial inclusion void in the hinterlands. Bollywood actress Vidya Malvade talks about changing male attitude towards women.

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Rural Connect is the first and only magazine to comprehensively track the bona fide concern of all the stakeholders of rural India.

With this publication, we are trying to elicit the grassroots realities, which are typically being overlooked by the policymakers. The magazine rallies round them to comprehend the issues and try making policies in that direction. 

The magazine, with its dedicated coverage, aims to take a crack at mismanagement of the Central schemes which are frequently going awry because of insidious leakages in the system. 
It legitimately pinpoints the mismatch and tries to play a part in appropriating the mismatch by its analytical, investigative and informed stories.

It also plays a role as a discovery for corporates, rallying round them in making strategies on how to seek out the growing aspirations of rural India. It also aims to act as a guidebook to policy makers, corporate houses, rural marketers, management students on how to understand the real Bharat and its dynamics. 

With this publication, we are trying to assert a new revolution in terms of providing you with accurate, investigative, sincere, and comprehensive coverage on rural India.

We would like to connect you with the real Bharat with an intention to make you more erudite, conscious and well-informed.

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