10 per cent growth in this challenging environment in the rural market which could be lower than over 1520 per cent growth that we are anticipating pan india he said maruti suzuki which sells a third of its cars in rural areas plans to expand its footprint to 15 lakh villages from 125 lakh to increase sales said rs kalsi executive director for sales and marketing dilip patil one of the largest dealers of hondas two wheelers said sales fell 1015 per cent in august at his showroom in the vidarbha region he expects bank financing to help sales in the festive season fmcg companies said so far rural sales were not impacted marico managing director and chief executive saugata gupta said discretionary categories like tractors auto and white goods may be impacted not fmcg however there is a possibility that fmcg rural demand may take a hit but its only in some pockets where rainfall has been deficit which we would get to know only around octobernovember he said related articles automakers expect double digit growth this festive season led by falling fuel prices slim rural demand amasses fat inventory of twowheelers in india photo courtesy getty images by jayashree bhosale ketan thakkar madhvi sally et bureau published on sep 12 2015 at 1150 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app india pawan goenka cm singh rs kalsi white mart hyundai motor india limited jerry mathew eric vas maruti suzuki india limited shantanu dasgupta rakesh srivastava saugata gupta bajaj auto limited suzuki hyundai motor india marico rural market natural disaster maruti suzuki india monsoon bajaj auto mahindra mahindra whirlpool environment videocon depressed sales homenewsindustrylow monsoon taking a toll on demand for white goods bikes cars tractors