The roads to Hardoi get better and the land gets greener – the fields produce a rich harvest for some companies. The farmers of Ichnapur get together once a week, log on to the World Wide Web and get information that has changed a centuries old profession and their lives.
No power, no infrastructure, no employment and no money - this is the order of the day from Gaya to Patna in Bihar.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bihar-villages-forgotten-in-eco-boom/34128-7.html
Many villages in Bihar and Orissa have become dumping grounds for industrial waste.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/industries-a-bane-for-bihar-villages/34026-7.html
Banks insist the stocks they finance must be stored in warehouses but traders say Katis store turmeric for longer.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/storage-dilemma-hits-turmeric-trade/33933-7.html
Fringe benefit tax, payable by companies on benefits to employees has been a bone of contention among corporates.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/small-companies-axed-by-fringe-tax/33420-7.html
Traders and mill owners fear increased competition from big corporates but farmers are happy to get more profits.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/free-trade-farmers-pride-millers-envy/33363-7.html
Vivin Mathew tells us the story about farmers in the area who are moving to the iron-ore industry because of drought in the area.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/budget-caravan--ironwilled-shift/5458-7.html
The run up to Budget 2006 starts with the CNN-IBN budget caravan. And the question we're asking - Is the country's economic boom trickling down to small town India?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/budget-caravan-seeds-of-content/5383-7.html
The run up to Budget 2006 starts with the CNN-IBN budget caravan. And the question we're asking - Is the country's economic boom trickling down to small town India?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/budget-caravan--slump-in-silk-route/5354-7.html
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