Page 6 - Rural Economy

India Inc expands direct reach, adds small packs to tap robust rural market

Experts say string focus on Bharat stems from good monsoons, higher MSP in some states, reverse migration and govt's overall welfare push in the villages

FM Sitharaman announces Rs 65,000-crore fertiliser subsidy for farmers

An additional outlay of Rs 10,000 crore will be provided for PM Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana

Brace for return migration

Rural economy won't be able to support excess workers forever

Pent-up demand, rural growth bring Maruti Suzuki back in recovery lane

The company remains cautious on full-fledged recovery, given concerns over a second wave of Covid-19

Higher rural demand unlikely to offset urban plunge, warns report

The 270 bps likely incremental growth in agricultural GVA to 17.3% of the economy this year and the resultant spike in rural demand may not compensate for the plunge in urban demand, warns a report

Honda bets big on recovery of rural demand, upcoming festive season

Rural sales at present are around 23 per cent of overall sales, which is nearly the same as in pre-Covid times

Car makers drive in top-of-the-line models in defiance of slowdown

Buyers have been lapping up new model launches, show booking and sales trends

Tractor sales rise nearly 65% year on year in Aug as farming holds steady

Industry remains optimistic for festival months as the supply side has improved significantly compared to last month.

Farm sector will continue to shine in 2020-21 but rural as a whole may not

The non-farm sector occupies a large part of rural income, and unless it grows substantially, just expecting farm growth to bring about rural sector revival is unreasonable, say experts

Rural India gets a mini-public works boost

A good kharif sowing season coupled with adequate monsoon rains has raised hopes that the rural economy would prop up consumer spending and incomes

Parliament panel may recommend portal job cards, data on migrant workers

Committee believes the government has not maintained datasets to estimate the number of migrant workers in country

Rural demand to aid recovery but can't substitute for urban demand: Report

Rural demand can contribute towards recovery in the economy but cannot be a substitute for urban demand, according to a report

India's rural economy on V-shaped recovery from June, helping GDP

The year-on-year expansion partly reflected a low base so it's hard to say the recession is over

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Rural India revival difficult to sustain, say economists

It is a misconception that all of rural India is doing well amid the outbreak of Covid-19, said Pronab Sen

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Experts on whether rural India will be new growth driver

Six experts agree on interdependability of the village and urban economies, some feel that the current rural exuberance is just a blip

Agri infrastructure fund to create jobs, develop rural economy: Amit Shah

Shah said many unprecedented steps have been taken to double the income of farmers and for the development of the agriculture sector

The not so green shoots of rural revival

Rural rebound and its role in reviving the economy are overstated

Economy on recovery path, piggy-riding rural rebound: Deepak Parekh

Advising people not to get too perturbed with the forecasts of negative growth, he said the economy will recover for sure assuming that there are no further lengthy and complete lockdowns in future

Covid-19 crisis: Revival in rural demand overstated, say economists

A recent note brought out by Credit Suisse says that net gain from the government support measures may be just Rs 7,500 crore a month

India's stock market is barometer of economic concentration: Shankar Sharma

It is not all gloom and doom. The rural economy has held up quite well and we should start appreciating it even more, says Sharma in an interview with Puneet Wadhwa