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TTK Prestige, a leading kitchen and electric appliance maker in India, expects see a huge opportunity in rural market this year as the thrust towards infrastructure would mean more houses with kitchens that need appliances.. "People in rural areas will be the ones with the disposable income. The Rabi crops have had a great yield. The growth rate has also been revised. This will all lead to a better rural growth for us, " said Chandru Karlo, Managing Director at TTK Prestige in an interview. "Rural is big this year"Karlo says with the announcement of the various schemes in the infrastructure sector, there will be new homes in the rural areas leading to more kitchens which would work in the favour of the company. In the last quarter, in the month of November the company saw the sales go down by 35 per cent due to demonetisation. "While Diwali was over in October, the next two months are huge for us mainly because it is the wedding season specially in the North. We lost a lot in that, ...