Marginal farmers must have income diversification to survive
The marginal farmers typically own small plots of land, often significantly less than one hectare, and have limited access to resources and support services. Majority of them are in poverty and debt traps and engage themselves in non-farm economic activities and wage labour for sustenance. According to the AllIndia Report on Agriculture Census 2015-16, while […]
How does rural India spend their downtime?
Proportion of Indians who are confident that there would be adequate accumulation to support oneself in old age Downtime for a person is a time when the person can relax, i.e., it is a leisure time inbetween one’s daily routine. For people like us living in urban areas, our times of leisure may be spent […]
The rural sentiment: Not so upbeat, but hopeful!
India rural population for 2021 was 909,384,77, i.e., 64.64% of India lives in rural areas. This is much more than the combined population of Europe and Australia. According the NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index, while 25.01 per cent of the population was multidimensionally poor in the country, the poverty ratio was as high as 32.75 […]