As Modi urges restraint on gold buying, jewellers’ body pitches mobilisation & recycling frameworkThe All India Jewellers & Goldsmith Federation proposes mobilising India's idle gold stocks. This approach aims to save foreign exchange wi...
11 May, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
Sandip Sabharwal remains bullish on FMCG, retail and defence themesIndian equity markets are poised for a potential rally driven by strong corporate earnings and resilient consumer demand, according to mark...
08 May, 2026, 12.55 PM IST
Kotak Mutual Fund's Arjun Khanna on the multi-year investment case for rural IndiaKotak Rural Opportunities Fund aims to capture India’s accelerating rural transformation by investing in sectors benefiting from rising rur...
15 Nov, 2025, 11.34 AM IST
Why location matters in gauging the precise trends of social and economic inequalityInequality that exists across location sub-categories is cumulative in nature. On a range of parameters, metros and boom towns are ahead of...
02 Feb, 2024, 11.03 PM IST
India’s middle class is expanding, thanks to rapid urbanisation. This will reshape the economyApart from the size, the growth of the middle class is ushering in changes at multiple levels which will significantly impact the socioecon...
23 Jul, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Sachchidanand Shukla on agri export boom cycle, agflation and more“We are in the midst of an agri export boom cycle. Typically these cycles last just between two-and-a-half and three years. We have already...
19 Apr, 2022, 03.20 PM IST
Sundaram Finance to look at co-lending to add more asset classes: MD Rajiv LochanThe company, which has been diversifying into funding of passenger cars, construction and farm equipment in the past few years, would look ...
16 Oct, 2021, 06.49 AM IST
COVID-19 exposes the impact of the dichotomy in urban-rural economyTraditionally, the rural economy has been the bedrock of India’s economic growth.
09 Oct, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
FMCG, auto and cement stocks likely to be hit by poor monsoonThe monsoon has got off to its weakest start in five years. If rains stay subdued for the rest of the season, rural incomes will face the s...
21 Jul, 2014, 11.02 AM IST
Durables companies like Panasonic India, LG Electronics, Dabur and others to reap agriculture boom harvestSales of consumer goods, electronics, tractors, two-wheelers and cars are feeling the positive ripple effects of the happier economic envir...
12 Oct, 2013, 08.59 AM IST
Farm sector set to grow over 5%Agricultural GDP is likely to grow by over 5% this year thanks to the most abundant rain in nearly two decades, a government thinktank has ...
12 Oct, 2013, 08.22 AM IST
- Consumption in rural India growing faster than urban India
Consumption in rural India is growing faster than in urban India for the first time since India's structural reforms in 1991, as per Crisil.
29 Aug, 2012, 08.18 PM IST
Consumption in rural areas growing faster than urban areasGiven the large size of India's rural population, the value of goods and services consumed has always been greater in rural India, but urba...
29 Aug, 2012, 04.13 PM IST
- Rural India promises retail growth
The next phase of growth in retail is expected to come from rural markets with rural India accounting for almost half of the domestic retai...
08 Apr, 2009, 10.19 AM IST
- FMCG sector no longer in the grip of monsoon
The rains may lash this year, or stay in a trickle. But FMCG will survive.
29 Jun, 2007, 02.04 AM IST
- Stop caning the farmer: Renuka Sugars MD
More than 60% of our population is dependant on agriculture. The agri sector is growing at 1% while the rest of the economy is expanding at...
22 Dec, 2006, 04.05 AM IST
- ICICI Bank to invest heavily on tech and staff
ICICI Bank is poised to make significant investments on technology and manpower in the next five years to serve four major booming business...
25 Oct, 2006, 02.30 PM IST