Rural India, home to most of the country’s population, has been instrumental to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s rise over the last decade.
But while India remains the fastest-growing major economy — a place where Apple is making more of its iPhones and global investors are parking money once bound for China — outside of its metropolises, investment is still weak, infrastructure remains spotty and economic prospects for its citizens are far less rosy.
If Prime Minister Narendra Modi earns a third term in office, as polls suggest he will, it will be in spite of the state of the rural and farming economy — not because of it. Here's why: https://bloom.bg/3IK8Rll
: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg
