Archive for December, 2009

Rural Tourism still Unexplored

Rural India could prove to be a niche which World Tourism is looking for. It has much more to offer to Indian tourism due to its rich tradition of arts, culture and crafts. There is a need to market the concept of Rural Tourism in a way which can attract the foreign tourists who believe [...]

HDFC to tap Rural Segment with SKS Microfinance

Good to see, one more institution coming forward to help poor rural farmers. This time, it is Housing Finance major HDFC Ltd. who is targeting the rural segment by offering credit facilities to farmers belonging to middle income group and traders. This loan is given against the properties which can be mortgaged. HDFC Ltd is getting [...]

Airtel: Connecting Rural India

How often do you see a rural person talking on mobile? Isn’t it a rare site? But looking at the way, telcos are entering into rural market, those days are not far away when you see everybody in rural India is doing chit-chat on mobiles. The folk in Rural villages,Puliyampatti and Nambiyar,of Coimbatore will shortly going [...]