If as a nation we want to continue to do this, while at the same time providing enough dwellings for the growing population, the overall amount of dwelling investment undertaken will need to increase relative to GDP. That would raise important challenges for the housing industry in terms of its capacity to meet that demand.
The sectoral analysis reveals that though the rural population of Odisha is about 83 per cent of the total population, the credit flow to the agriculture remained low compared to other sectors. 2  Chattopadhyay, Sadhan Kumar (2011), Financial Inclusion in India: A case-study of West Bengal, RBI Working Paper No. 8/2011.