-IndiaSpend.com
More than 70 million rural households face some form of exclusion, either from assets or socio-economic benefits, according to data released by the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) survey last week. As many as 833 million Indians, or 69% of the population, live in rural areas.
The SECC report comes at a time when global credit rating agencies, such as Moody’s, have warned that slow growth in rural India may cripple the overall economy. Rating agencies have laid stress on speeding rural reforms. IndiaSpend has previously discussed reforming agriculture and rural administration.
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