Page 4 - Rural Income

Maharashtra, Haryana saw biggest drop in rural consumer spending: NSO data

Rural parts of Haryana and Maharashtra saw an 18 per cent fall in consumer spending in 2017-18, compared to 2011-12

Rural India can't recover until NBFCs do

An intricate web of links between rural incomes, construction activity and shadow banks are fuelling the economic slowdown

Stimulating rural demand

Farm reform focus should shift to income generation

Govt to offer cattle, advanced biogas plants, poultry to boost rural income

Pilot project in Gujarat to be replicated across India

Rural job scheme to pump Rs 15,000 crore into 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan'

The flagship rural development scheme has drawn up a detailed plan of over 200,000 works to be taken up for water conservation in nearly 1,100 water-stressed districts

Will the govt change its development strategy to raise rural incomes?

While the earlier Modi govt fared well on rural schemes, both farming and construction activity in the village economy were muted

World Bank to give India $250 mn for women-led businesses in rural areas

An agreement in this regard was signed between the World Bank and the Government of India on Monday

Quasi-universal basic rural income: The way forward

The authors propose an alternative to build a new rural India where a basic income, regardless of agricultural vagaries, will be guaranteed