New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The budget announced a slew of schemes for rural India, focusing on improving crop productivity and credit access for farmers. But funding for most non-farm schemes has declined in real terms. How will this impact income and consumption demand? Mint explores.

There's a new scheme to improve crop productivity and credit access in 100 under-performing districts. But there is no separate fund and the scheme will be implemented by converging existing ones. A host of national missions were announced on cotton, pulses, fruits and vegetables and high-yielding seeds but together they received a modest Rs.2,100 crore, not enough to make a difference. Despite rising weather-related risks to production and farm revenue, the bud...