Articles for Rural Work

From city stress to rural rest
3 months, 2 weeks ago

From city stress to rural rest

China Daily  

Above: Residents of Guanye gather to collect firewood in the mountains. Following upgrades, Cui and his partners combined traditional guesthouse services with the needs of young people seeking short-term relaxation, shaping the community into what it is today, which opened in May this year. Cui's reference to the "third place" draws from the concept introduced by US sociologist Ray Oldenburg …

Cui Guanye Youth Community
Uygur woman's career on rise after bakery gamble makes her lots of dough
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Uygur woman's career on rise after bakery gamble makes her lots of dough

China Daily  

Guzalnur Ablimit, a rural Uygur woman who has carved out a successful business for herself, put her experience to good use by representing the interests of those like her at the 14th Xinjiang People's Congress last week. The 42-year-old from Yarkant county in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, runs a bread-making business that has customers as far afield as …

Xinjiang Uygur Guzalnur Yarkant
Two priority tasks highlight rural work challenges
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Two priority tasks highlight rural work challenges

China Daily  

A panoramic view of the Xiao Yin Half-day Village in Anji, Zhejiang province. They are ensuring national food security, forestalling any large-scale relapse into poverty, improving the development of rural industries, strengthening rural construction, enhancing rural governance, and strengthening the leadership of the Communist Party of China on rural work. Apart from the grave impacts of extreme weather events and …

China Rural Food Security Country Rural Work
Central rural work conference is held, Xi delivers important instructions on rural work
1 year ago

Central rural work conference is held, Xi delivers important instructions on rural work

China Daily  

A staff member works at an agriculture science and technology exhibition hall in Changji, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Dec 19, 2023. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the conference faithfully implemented the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session …

China Development Agriculture Rural Farmers Rural Development Party
Renovated homestays bring new vitality to old 'hollow' villages
1 year ago

Renovated homestays bring new vitality to old 'hollow' villages

China Daily  

An inside view of a shop opened by design graduates in the village. As long as we are able to preserve them, we will never demolish them," he said, adding that he hoped people could really slow down, stop and stay in the village. "At present, there is one homestay within the project that is operated by a local resident, …

Rural Chen Village Stay Homestay
Industrial park project transforms the lives of numerous rural workers
1 year, 6 months ago

Industrial park project transforms the lives of numerous rural workers

China Daily  

Wearing a white sweatshirt, Mehtumhan Abdulkadeer patrolled a production line manned by about a dozen black-clad sewing operatives on a recent work day. Mehtumhan Abdulkadeer's career path has inspired many people, especially women working at a local industrial park, which is home to her employer. Huang Xiaodong, a local government official who is the park's Party chief, said that to …

Her Husband Plant Park Mandarin Uygur Rural Work Mehtumhan Abdulkadeer
Dear Nawazuddin, It's Hurtful to See You Speak Such Loosely About Depression
1 year, 6 months ago

Dear Nawazuddin, It's Hurtful to See You Speak Such Loosely About Depression

The Quint  

Dear Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Given that India is the most depressed country in the world and Indians have the highest suicide rates, it would be an understatement to say that mental health attracts heaps of stigma in the country. Apart from being a massively celebrated actor in India, you are especially revered by rural audiences for your humble beginnings. Many look …

India
Key document highlights vitalization of rural areas
1 year, 10 months ago

Key document highlights vitalization of rural areas

China Daily  

A farmer works in a field in Shayu village of Panzhou city, Guizhou province, Feb 9, 2023. Work on agriculture and rural areas has been high on the agenda of the "No 1 central document" for 20 consecutive years since 2004. A summary of the document published by Xinhua said the CPC Central Committee had agreed that work related to …

China Party Rural Areas Chinese Central Document Rural Work
What are the implications of the cuts in allocation to MGNREGA in the Union Budget? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 10 months ago

What are the implications of the cuts in allocation to MGNREGA in the Union Budget? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act promises 100 days of wage-based employment every year to rural households across the country. But in the 2023-24 Union Budget, the government has slashed allocation for this scheme to ₹61,032.65 crore, which is 30% less than the revised estimate of ₹ 89,154.65 crore for 2022-23. This is the second straight cut, as …

Mgnrega Nreg
With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family
1 year, 11 months ago

With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family

NPR  

With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family Enlarge this image toggle caption Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez/KHN Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez/KHN ELKO, Nev. — When Ruby B. Sutton found out she was pregnant in late 2021, it was hard to envision how her full-time job would fit with having a newborn at home. Sponsor Message Experts …

States Care Rural Areas Paid Leave Paid Sick Leave Paid Sick Leave
Shandong makes stellar economic, social achievements in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Shandong makes stellar economic, social achievements in 2022

China Daily  

Zhou Naixiang, governor of Shandong, delivers government work report during the first session of the 14th Shandong Province People's Congress in Jinan, the provincial capital, on Jan 13. East China's Shandong province has made remarkable social and economic development and ongoing improvement of people's living standards in the past year, according to the provincial government work report delivered during the …

Province Shandong Makes Stellar Economic
App-based attendance for MGNREGA is a digital strike on the poor: Congress
1 year, 11 months ago

App-based attendance for MGNREGA is a digital strike on the poor: Congress

The Hindu  

The mobile application-based attendance system for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme workers should be withdrawn and those who have lost wages due to technical errors in the past must be compensated, the Congress said on Wednesday. This is the Modi government’s digital strike on the poor and a backdoor move to reduce expenditure on the MGNREGS, Congress …

Congress Work Ramesh Mgnrega
Study identifies challenges in rural employment
2 years, 2 months ago

Study identifies challenges in rural employment

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A study has found that 47 per cent of low-income households had at least one active job card, while 29 per cent of adults in rural areas did not have an active job card but wanted to get one. About 18 per cent of job card holders were unable to submit their job applications due to perceived discrimination and …

Cent Job Card
Sangrur | How this entrepreneur is helping empower rural women through handicraft
2 years, 2 months ago

Sangrur | How this entrepreneur is helping empower rural women through handicraft

Hindustan Times  

The wife of a retired navy officer is reviving dying traditional handicrafts and empowering underprivileged and uneducated women living in the adjoining areas of her ancestral village, Balwaar Khurd. Kirandeep Kaur provides material and resources to underprivileged women living near her ancestral village, Balwaar Khurd, to weave rugs, blankets etc, and then sells it online. Kirandeep Kaur, 56, wife of …

Women Weaving Work Kaur My Husband Khes Durries
Chinese Wisdom in Xi's Words: Agriculture is a fundamental undertaking
2 years, 5 months ago

Chinese Wisdom in Xi's Words: Agriculture is a fundamental undertaking

China Daily  

"Agriculture is a fundamental undertaking." China must have beautiful rural areas to be a beautiful country and must have affluent farmers to be a rich country, Xi added. Over the years, Xi has repeatedly emphasized the importance of work related to agriculture, rural areas and rural residents. In his article published in the Qiushi Journal on April 1 this year, …

China Agriculture Rural Rural Areas Rural Residents
Specialists being directed to work in regional areas could help GP shortages, regional geriatrician says
2 years, 5 months ago

Specialists being directed to work in regional areas could help GP shortages, regional geriatrician says

ABC  

As another regional town loses its general practitioner, a long-standing Ballarat geriatrician has shared an "unpopular" opinion on how to address staffing shortages. Key points: A Ballarat geriatrician says if more specialists practised in regional areas it would help boost GP numbers Ballarat Community Health closed the Smythesdale GP clinic after it couldn't find a second doctor The RACGP is …

Community Medical Medicare Rural Ballarat Regional Areas Medical Students
Unpaid work burdens women
2 years, 9 months ago

Unpaid work burdens women

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Claims on women empowerment and providing them large-scale employment opportunities both at the national and state levels are just myths, going by data provided by the National Statistical Office, a wing of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation. Urban women spend on average 25 per cent less time than men on employment activities, while the time-gap in rural …

Employment Activities Women Rural Rural Areas Telangana Urban Areas
Fungi, 'little heroes' of poverty relief
3 years, 9 months ago

Fungi, 'little heroes' of poverty relief

China Daily  

Editor's Note: During this year's two sessions－the annual meetings of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference－China Daily will publish a series of stories focusing on the achievements the country made in various fields during the 13th Five-Year Plan. LIANG AIPING/XINHUA Expert's decades of research into mushrooms have helped rural counties tap …

Poverty China Fungi Fungus Li
A Pandemic Year for Women: Lessons for a rural healthcare startup in Bihar during the COVID-19 crisis
3 years, 9 months ago

A Pandemic Year for Women: Lessons for a rural healthcare startup in Bihar during the COVID-19 crisis

Firstpost  

This essay is from our International Women’s Day 2021 series, about women who rose to the challenges of being mothers, artists, professionals, students, and above all — individuals trying to make their way through an unprecedented time — over this pandemic year. On International Women’s Day 2021, we’re launching a series called ‘A Pandemic Year for Women’. These essays have …

Health Women Pandemic Work Mental Covid Kits
Despite Facing Hardships, Survey Shows Rural India Satisfied with Govt's Handling of Covid-19 Crisis
4 years, 4 months ago

Despite Facing Hardships, Survey Shows Rural India Satisfied with Govt's Handling of Covid-19 Crisis

News 18  

Despite suffering from severe distress caused by the Covid-19 induced lockdown, more than 74% people in rural areas across 23 states have expressed satisfaction with the handling of the crisis by the Union government, a survey conducted by Gaon Connection and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies has found. “We wanted to measure the extent of hardships people faced …

India Rural Work Rural Areas Survey Crisis Indians
Border collie working dogs are farmers' cutest and hardest-working employees
4 years, 4 months ago

Border collie working dogs are farmers' cutest and hardest-working employees

ABC  

Dogs are man's best friend, but they are also a farmer's best employees — with no job too big, they can save thousands of dollars in wages. Key points: Using working dogs can save farmers thousands of dollars in wages Dave Steel says his pack of working dogs helps manage up to 2,000 cattle and that prices of trained working …

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