India’s big oil retailers are focusing on rural revival

Crop catalyst: A farmer walks past solar panels installed in a farmland in India. The country is pinning its hopes on the agricultural sector to help the economy recover after its worst recession since the 1950s. ─ AFP

MUMBAI: If there’s one part of India’s economy that’s been relatively unscathed by the devastating impact of Covid-19 it’s the vast rural hinterlands.

And the country’s biggest fuel retailers are sitting up and taking notice.