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Weak grid infrastructure, land access, financial barriers for developers slowed PM-KUSUM's progress: StudyIndia's flagship PM-KUSUM solar program for farmers faces significant challenges. Weak grid infrastructure, funding issues for small develo...14 Apr, 2026, 04.50 PM IST- Fintech startup Saswat Finance raises $2.6 million from Ankur Capital, othersThe company uses a data-driven approach to offer credit and insurance products tailored to smallholder farmers and rural enterprises. Saswa...17 Jun, 2025, 07.40 PM IST
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurates RuralShores BPO Delivery Centre in GuwahatiAssam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the RuralShores BPO Delivery Centre in Guwahati to provide employment for rural youth. This socio-...16 Feb, 2025, 11.19 AM IST
- Rural-focused fintech Navadhan raises $5 million led by Prime Venture PartnersNavadhan, which is a RBI registered non-banking finance company, also runs a technology platform - AceN - which offers a full stack, from s...06 Dec, 2023, 09.43 AM IST
- Rural & agri-focussed stocks that can do well over next 6-12 monthsThe demand for personalised transport will remain for quite some time at accentuated levels. All this helps two-wheeler manufacturers.29 Aug, 2020, 01.42 PM IST
- Saurabh Mukherjea on how to play Bharat rather than India now‘We are in the first year of a two to three-year economic recovery.’20 Aug, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
- Rural growth alone won’t be able to sustain demand in the long term: Dabur Ex-CEO‘Rural growth alone won’t be able to sustain demand in the long term’01 Jul, 2020, 04.04 PM IST
- Rural and retail housing to lead growth in FY21: Dinanath Dubhashi, L&T FinanceWe expect rural demand to pick up in this festive season, especially in FY2122 Oct, 2019, 04.24 PM IST
- Budget 2018: Not enough rural schemes to absorb extra spending: Neelkanth Mishra, Credit Suisse"If someone is expecting immediate spending over the next one year, they will get disappointed."01 Feb, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
- Deterioration in credit discipline more detrimental to MFIs than rural focussed NBFCsThe management of rural-focused NBFCs appear confident that farm loan waivers are less likely to impact the credit discipline amongst their...14 Jun, 2017, 07.55 PM IST
- Investors lap up NBFCs than commercial banksSome analysts advise investors to pick urban-oriented finance companies, like Bajaj Finance, over rural-focussed microfinance companies.02 Aug, 2016, 05.56 AM IST
- Safe bet: Consumer staples to do well whether rains are good or badThe Met says they will be above normal, boosting rural demand. This can be a positive for auto, FMCG, consumer durables and consumer staple...09 Jun, 2016, 03.04 PM IST
- Why 2-wheeler and auto finance NBFCs make sense: Hemang Jani, SharekhanThe growth momentum, a stability in margin and pickup in rural India, should help sustain growth in the sector.03 May, 2016, 12.10 PM IST
- Budget 2016: Rural economy can be an interest area for the government, saysVinay Khattar, Edelweiss Financial"I think the big one on the budget is what everybody is thinking about is, whether the government is really going to go easy in terms of th...24 Feb, 2016, 04.09 PM IST
- Government approves changes in rural programme to reduce povertyCentre today approved changes in some key rural development programmes on poverty reduction and employment creation by increasing flexibili...02 Dec, 2015, 11.21 PM IST
- Ronnie Screwvala's Unilazer Ventures picks up 45% in INI FarmsUnilazer Ventures has picked up close to 45% shareholding in INI Farms, an agriculture firm that grows pomegranates, for Rs 20 crore.03 Jul, 2012, 07.36 AM IST
- Focussing on auto sector: Prateek Agarwal, ASK Investment ManagersIn terms of themes, then the areas that we are focussed on would be rural, would be two wheeler, autos, would be gold theme and to some ext...04 Oct, 2011, 09.51 AM IST
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