agriculture
'There Are No Jobs in Our Village': Rising Costs, Stagnating Wages Exacerbate Rural Distress
For nearly a decade, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi—who said farm incomes would double by 2022—has withheld or criticised available data on poverty. Data that his government rejected, but Maharashtra released, indicate the share of food in monthly expenses in rural households in the state rose between 2011-12 and 2017-18, an indicator of growing economic vulnerability, even as inflation-adjusted wages in rural India contracted over 16 consecutive months to March 2023.Jul 19 2023