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60% of Indian consumers believe the way they shop would change as a result of covid-19Over 40% of these consumers said they are spending more on groceries

The report critiques the model for creating small area-based 'smart enclaves' resulting in undue focus on a part of the cities

Nominating 9 more cities as smart cities, the govt said a spot has been kept vacant for Shillong in case Sikkim chooses to submit a proposal for evaluation as the mission's guidelines mandated at least one smart city in each state

The overall theme is to give impetus to the lower rungs of the society as the budget focuses on macro economic development in rural areas

Rural inflation has been 1 percentage point higher than urban inflation in the recent past; however, fuel inflation in the villages is now more than twice that in the cities, bumped up by a sharp increase in price of firewood and dung cakes

Even as the city's civic agencies are short of adequate funds to serve the burgeoning population, the available resources aren't managed properly, a study says

Whatever be the reasons, the fact is that the past two years have been a disaster for rural labourers, who constitute one of the most vulnerable sections of the society

InstaVaani polled a total of 515 respondents across major metros about their perception of the budget

The survey found that consumption of fruit and vegetables is highest in Chennai (4.35 servings per day) and lowest in Kolkata (2.81 servings per day)

India needs to shed the premium on the tags 'rural' and 'urban' and policy needn'tbe driven by these distinctions