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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicRural economy

Topic: Rural economy

Economic Survey advocates for reviving ‘village commons’. Here’s what it means

Such resources remain a crucial yet underutilised asset, Economic Survey 2025-26—tabled Thursday in the Parliament—has noted.

A 5K run to ‘change the mood’ in Beed. How a disillusioned politician is driving district’s makeover

Even as Beed made headlines for crime & extortion in recent months, former AAP leader Mayank Gandhi has been working to help farmers and locals uplift the district.

India’s middle class in a squeeze while urban, rural economies do well & Indian cricket ‘in transition’

Global media also reported on once-a-decade exposition of St. Francis Xavier's 472-yr-old corpse in Goa, reflecting on how Christian community's being increasingly targeted in the country.

With Rs 86,000-cr for FY25, MNREGS budget sees no change from 2023-24 revised estimate as polls loom

FY25 allocation is exactly the same outlay as given in revised estimates for the current financial year. Activists say it's not sufficient to meet demand for work in rural areas.

Rotting crops, unsold produce, falling incomes — How India’s hopeful rural economy has crashed

Rural economy was meant to push India in a difficult year, but a number of factors are making that difficult. ThePrint travels across the country to find these out.

SBI report says rural economy is losing steam, flags rising unemployment and fall in wages

For 12 Indian states, the loss in state GDP in the current fiscal is mainly due to the rural areas, says the research report by State Bank of India.

Economists must stop looking at rural India as just labour supply tool post Covid: Yunus

Now is a good time to integrate the most crucial feature missing in the Indian micro-finance system — running it as a social business, writes Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.

Income of Indian farmers is rising, but that doesn’t mean economy is out of the woods

Rising incomes of Indian farmers don’t appear widespread and non-farm workers worried about job losses aren’t spending.

Tie-up with industries, skill training, job schemes — plans states are making for migrants

UP has already sent list of over 3.5 lakh workers to industry associations while Jharkhand is planning an urban wage employment scheme.

India’s tractor industry expected to recover from lockdown ahead of others

Moves to boost rural employment will eventually lead to lesser labour availability, driving higher farm mechanisation and tractor sales, Nomura says.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.