Hungry, with no money, yet rural India backs Modi govt in Covid war: Study

74% rural Indians satisfied with govt's setps fight pandemic, 78% happy with measures taken by their state govt, says Lokniti-CSDS study

Though nearly 71 per cent of the rural household suffered a drop in their monthly incomes during the lockdown months as compared to pre-lockdown months and almost 35 per cent of families went without food the whole day on several occasions, an overwhelming majority were satisfied with the Modi government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis, a recent survey said.

Seventy-four per cent of rural Indians are satisfied with the steps taken by the Modi government to fight Covid-19 pandemic and about 78 per cent respondents said they were also satisfied with the steps taken by their state government, a "nationwide"