Page 6 - Rural Economy

Nestle India bucks rural growth trend in Q4 with 9% YoY revenue spike

Smaller contribution of 20-25% from rural sales helped; net profit down 20% due to exceptional item

'Indian investors satisfied with performance of their investments in 2021'

Encouraged by the performance of their investments in 2021, semi-urban and rural investors are willing to allocate a higher proportion of their savings to financial assets: Groww survey

Budget 2022: Weak demand-led rural stress to continue for FMCG firms

The MNREGA allocation did not come on expected lines but companies expect it to get revised during the year

Beyond the third wave: Rural economy, banking recovery, and more

Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2022

Weak rural demand takes a toll on consumer segment, say experts

Consumer durables makers have also witnessed a slowdown in rural demand due to inflationary trends coupled with weak festive season sales

CPI numbers for agricultural, rural labourers up by 5 points in Dec 2021

The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for agricultural and rural labourers for the month of December 2021 increased by 5 points each to stand at 1097 and 1106 points respectively.

Startups can help India's rural economy go digital: Piyush Goyal

Goyal called upon startups to help micro-entrepreneurs in rural areas leverage technology to grow their businesses and encourage farmers, artisans to use digital platforms to sell their products

Rural Business confidence index touches 63.9 in Oct 21: CRIF Highmark-CII

This signifies high optimism and industry's upbeat mood on the rural economy in India

Admiring the Milkman

This book is a fine example of a hagiographic account of Kurien.

Top Headlines: Brokerages turn cautious on India, business travel takes off

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour

India's rural economy shows uneven growth as Covid-19 spread eases

Sales of fertilisers have remained flat in the June-August period of kharif sowing, at 17.3 million tonnes

India's income divide narrows, wealth divide persists: Survey data

The top 10 per cent among the country's households own more than 50 per cent of the assets.

HUL to Relaxo Footwears: Analysts upbeat on consumption-related stocks

Changes in the income-tax, likely good monsoon and the on-going above normal Rabi acreage along with higher MSPs are the key triggers analysts are betting on for the consumption revival

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers rise marginally in July

Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers rise marginally to 3.92 per cent and 4.09 per cent in July, as compared to the previous month

Hotter future ahead: India, economy on the front lines of climate crisis?

The recent IPCC report on climate change briefed us of a hotter future we are inching towards. Its Sixth Assessment Report, released this week, makes for grim reading for India in particular. Watch the video to understand its impact on Indian economy and more.

Hope floats on rural recovery

The recent improvement in consumer sentiment is almost entirely a rural India story

Rural India sinks deeper into debt as Covid-19 pandemic wipes out work

Big debt and low income in the countryside will hold back any economic recovery the government is trying to generate and also dent private savings and investment for longer than expected

Three reasons why farm sector growth may be nearing its LPA in FY22

Farm Sector Growth: Swift progress of southwest monsoon, sharp surge in govt procurement and general uptrend in commodity prices this year could deliver better numbers

BSE StAR MF signs MoU with GUMCCSL to deepen network for rural engagement

BSE StAR MF, India's largest mutual funds distributor platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Godavari Urban Multi State Credit Co-Op Society Ltd (GUMCCSL) at Nanded

The rural worry

Bharat is suffering on multiple counts