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The issue of farm distress is facing fatigue in the news cycle.

Opinion | India and the growing business of outrage

3 min read . 21 Jan 2019

Rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

‘Diversification of livelihoods is happening on a very large scale’

5 min read . 13 Aug 2018

Real rural wage growth was 3.53% in March while retail inflation for the month was 4.4%. Graphic: Mint

Real rural wage growth back in negative territory

1 min read . 09 Jul 2018

If we look at average wages in agriculture, women get paid about 72% of what men get. Graphic: Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint

Lip service on Women’s Day: A long way to go for gender equality in rural incomes

1 min read . 08 Mar 2018

Nomura estimated that the weighted average hike in kharif minimum support prices (MSPs) could double to 12.9% year-on-year in 2018-19. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Higher MSPs could spur inflation in FY19: Nomura

2 min read . 20 Feb 2018

An analysis in the Economic Survey found that in a year when rainfall levels were 100 mm below average, farmer incomes would fall by 15% during kharif (summer) and 7% during the rabi (winter) crop season. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Climate change may reduce farm incomes by up to 25%: Economic Survey

2 min read . 30 Jan 2018

FMCG companies have pitched for policies that focus on rural markets to reverse slide in wages, create more jobs and reduction in personal tax slabs to give more purchasing power to consumers. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

FMCG firms want Union budget to focus on rural wages, job creation

1 min read . 22 Jan 2018

Average real rural wage growth for women, like that for men, was very high during the period November 2013 to November 2014. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Rural wage growth is faltering again

4 min read . 12 Jan 2018

While it is a relief that demonetization did not reverse the wage rate growth trend, it may have slowed it down. Photo: Mint

Long-run trends in rural wages

5 min read . 24 Oct 2017

The agricultural ministry has estimated foodgrain production at 272 million tonnes in 2016-17. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Rural wages growing at a sluggish pace

2 min read . 22 Feb 2017

Rural wage growth has only recently started to trend higher, after almost two years of stabilisation. Photo: Mint

Despite note-ban, rural wages on a steady climb in November: Nomura

1 min read . 29 Jan 2017

At the end of August, annual growth of currency in circulation was 17.6%, a clear 7 percentage points higher than a year ago. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Currency holdings growth explained by rural wages, says JPMorgan

2 min read . 17 Sep 2016

Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Increased rural spend fails to cheer real rural wages

1 min read . 02 Sep 2016

With inflation having reversed its declining trend, companies should see sales growth exceed volume growth and eventually benefit profit growth. Photo: Bloomberg

For FMCG firms, rising inflation may be a blessing in disguise

2 min read . 17 May 2016

The size of the agricultural workforce in India reduced by 30.57 million between 2004-05 and 2011-12 and the share of agricultural workforce in the total workforce reduced from 56.7% to 48.8%. Photo: Priyanka Parashar (Priyanka Parashar)

Mechanization, new seeds can address shortage of farm labour: study

3 min read . 05 Mar 2015

A file photo of Arvind Subramanian. Photo: PTI (PTI)

Food inflation on downtrend, says Arvind Subramanian

1 min read . 02 Mar 2015

Part of the reason for the slowdown in demand in rural areas is the decline in public spending, which propped up rural demand for labour. Photo: Mint

Time for a rural stimulus

5 min read . 03 Feb 2015

Gross non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets rose to 7.1% from 6.3% in the three months to September and 4.8% during the same period last year.

Mahindra Finance results mirror lower incomes, cash crunch in rural India

2 min read . 20 Jan 2015

Female rural workers in China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh earn up to a third less than their male counterparts, but the wage gap appears to be narrowing, the report said. Photo: Madhu Kapparath/Mint

Rising rural wages in Asia will reduce extreme poverty: report

1 min read . 02 Oct 2014

High inflation continues to be a persistent threat to economic stability. Photo: Bloomberg

Reading the tea leaves on inflation

2 min read . 22 Sep 2014