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Urban middle-class households shrink, rich club sees big jumpA new report reveals a widening socio-economic gap in urban India. Affluent households surged by 86% in 2024 compared to 2019, while lower ...
Consumer sentiments scale up in September driven by middle income households in rural India: CMIEWhile the overall index of consumer sentiments grew by 5.3% in the week ended September 12, the index for rural India grew by 9%, said CMIE...
Riders migrate from scooters to bikes as ownership costs riseGrowth of sales in scooters lagged motorcycles in 2018 after a decade.
HDFC Bank to train 25,000 people in cashless transactionsJaisinghani informed that at present there are 130 branches of HDFC Bank in the State and 50 per cent of them are in semi urban and rural a...
Budget 2016: Arun Jaitley gives extra thrust to rural and farm segmentsArun Jaitley’s Budget also tried to woo the BJP’s traditional urban non-salaried middle class, with reforms towards presumptive tax.
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.
Various banks assure easy credit to MSMEs: KH MuniyappaLeading banks have assured they will facilitate easy flow of credit to small units, under schemes like Credit Guarantee Scheme, Minister of...
India Inc eyes villagers’ growing appetite for sweetRural India consumers have now started adding chocolates and cream biscuits of the Oreo kind to their monthly purchase baskets.
India Inc eyes villagers'growing sweet toothRural India consumers have now started adding chocolates and cream biscuits of the Oreo kind to their monthly purchase baskets.
ET poll for 2014 election: The MethodologyNielsen conducted an opinion poll for ET in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar between September 4-26 for 2014 LS elections.
Govt allocates Rs 8,060 cr to set up 5 lakh projectsThe government today said it has allocated Rs 8,060 crore, under PMEGP), to set up 5 lakh projects, creating over 35 lakh jobs during the 1...
Govt allocates Rs 8,060 cr to set up 3.39 lakh projectsThe scheme aims at generating employment through setting up of micro enterprises, including rural industrial units.
- Government working on special package for MSMEs
MSME Ministry is working on a "special package" to give a boost to the sector hit by the economic slowdown.
India can become economically developed by 2020: KalamIndia can become economically developed by 2020 if it maintains a GDP of 10-11 per cent as there are nine more years to achieve 'Vision 202...
- Government releases Rs 1,276 cr to support MSME projects during FY13
The government has released Rs 1,276 crore in the current fiscal to support 53,826 projects which are expected to generate about 4.31 lakhs...
- SBI opens 21 new branches, 101 new ATMs and 400 green channel counters
Besides, State Bank of India also opened 101 new ATMs and 400 green channel counters.
India can become economically developed by 2020: KalamIndia can become economically developed by 2020 if it maintains a GDP of 10-11 per cent as there are nine more years to achieve 'Vision 202...
- Rs 906 cr earmarked for PMEGP Scheme for samll units in FY'11
The government today said it has earmarked Rs 906 crore for implementing the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme scheme during...
- FM asks banks to provide loans to urban poor
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked banks to provide loans to the urban poor, whose conditions are worse than their rural counterpar...
- 'Syndicate Bank first in India in disbursal of loans'
Syndicate Bank (Hubli region), comprising four districts, occupies the first position in India to disburse Rs 350 crore agricultural loans ...