Villages around Nagappattinam are visibly much poorer than villages around Tenkasi, prompting a call for government intervention. The economic slowdown in rural India, home to 60% of its 1.4 billion people, contrasts sharply with the country's urban prosperity and economic growth. Millions are affected, highlighting the disparity between rural and urban areas.
The struggles of those who live in rural India is painting a very different picture to the country's spectacular economic growth and the prosperity of its urban population. https://t.co/EOFEjZEMBt
Millions are struggling with the economic slowdown in rural #India, home to 60 percent of its 1.4 billion people, which is painting a starkly different picture to the country’s spectacular economic growth and the prosperity of its urban population. https://t.co/7pRI1mIg6h
Millions of Indians are struggling with the economic slowdown in rural India, home to 60% of its 1.4 billion people, which is painting a starkly different picture to the country's spectacular economic growth and the prosperity of its urban population https://t.co/gzWSCrQdtQ
World-beating growth? Not for India's rural majority https://t.co/MpuCEShX70
Villages around Nagappattinam are visibly much poorer than villages around Tenkasi. I am pained to see these sights which is why we are trying to help. We hope to invest in the region but we can only do so much. I hope the government addresses the deep poverty here🙏 https://t.co/UsDK7q2toQ