MGNREGS work demand back to pre-pandemic level: Economic Survey"The number of persons demanding work under MGNREGS was seen to be trending around pre-pandemic levels from July to November 2022. This cou...
31 Jan, 2023, 10.40 PM IST
Assets created under MGNREGA has had a positive impact on agricultural productivity, says Economic Survey 2023These works include creating household assets such as animal sheds, farm ponds, dug wells, horticulture plantations, vermicomposting pits e...
31 Jan, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
Households in southern states more indebted than rest of India: ReportIn 2019, Telangana with 67.2 per cent had the highest proportion of its rural households indebted and Nagaland with 6.6 per cent had the lo...
28 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Asset growth lower than debt growthThe average value of assets owned by rural households increased by 58% to Rs 15,92,000 in 2018 from Rs 10,06,985 in 2012, while that of urb...
26 Sep, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
Household indebtedness more than doubled over the last decade: SBI reportState-wise trend indicates that the rural households’ average debt more than doubled in 18 states for the 6 year period ended 2018, while 7...
15 Sep, 2021, 06.00 PM IST
Over 50 per cent agricultural families in debt with average loan of Rs 74,121 in 2019: SurveyThe survey collected information on the receipts and expenditures relating to crop production, farming of animals and non-farm business, se...
10 Sep, 2021, 09.27 PM IST
Government doesn't have data on financial condition of farmers: Narendra Singh TomarThe government does not have data regarding financial condition of farmers in the country, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said o...
03 Mar, 2020, 08.07 PM IST
Government to conduct survey to assess plight of farmers this yearTo assess the plight of farmers, the government will conduct a pan-India survey to ascertain their income and indebtedness among other issu...
05 Feb, 2019, 03.10 PM IST
Agri households’ average earnings grew to over Rs 1 lakh in FY16Conducted with 2015-16 as the reference year, the survey covered 40,327 rural households.
18 Aug, 2018, 10.07 AM IST
88 per cent rural households have savings account: Nabard surveyAll India IOI taking rural households together stood at 47.4 per cent, as per the Nabard All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) relea...
16 Aug, 2018, 08.46 PM IST
Farmers have turned "Lakhpatis", but more than half still in debt: Nabard SurveyThe survey conducted with the year 2015-16 as the reference year covered 40,327 rural households.
16 Aug, 2018, 08.27 PM IST
Urban households in debt rise to 22%, rural to 31%: NSSO surveyAbout 31.4% rural households and 22.4% urban homes were in debt, up from 26.5% and 17.8% respectively in 2002, according to Investment Surv...
13 Dec, 2016, 01.55 PM IST
22% of households in cities, 31% in villages are in debtThe survey, carried out by the NSSO, studied assets and debt across India through two visits to more than one lakh households in 2013.
22 Dec, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
Village households' average assets at Rs 10 lakhHouseholds in rural areas hold assets worth over Rs 10 lakh on average, less than half the holdings by those in cities, says a government s...
19 Dec, 2014, 10.21 PM IST
RBI panel for indices on labour, wage to improve policy makingRBI panel made a case for compilation of separate indices on producer price, labour force, urban wages & household indebtedness with a view...
01 Jul, 2014, 09.19 PM IST
- Only 50% of farmers under agricultural credit net
According to the report, Andhra Pradesh leads the tally having 82% indebted farmer households followed by Tamil Nadu (74.5%).
05 Apr, 2012, 06.47 AM IST
- Nearly half the farmer households in debts: Report
An NSSO report on 'Indebtedness of Farmers Household' has reported that of 89.35 million farmer households, about 43.42 million (48.6%) wer...
04 Sep, 2011, 11.15 AM IST