NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case: CBI arrests Pune faculty, Latur doctor; total arrests reach 13The CBI has arrested two more people in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case. This brings the total number of arrests to thirteen. The new arre...
Trump’s tariff not applicable on Canadian auto parts under CUSMA complianceCanadian auto parts meeting CUSMA standards are exempt from new U.S. tariffs, providing relief to Canada's auto industry. This exemption sa...
Birkenstock's Covid sprint loses speedBirkenstock, known for its orthopaedic-style footwear, saw its sales growth in India slow to ₹173 crore in 2023-24 from doubling every year...
FPOs can help India's farmers reap the benefits of collectivisationAgriculture has always been a lifeline of the Indian economy, providing livelihood to millions of farmers; However high production costs, a...
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: Banks to do ward-wise survey to gauge extent of exclusionSenior bankers said that panchayats or other government agencies should have been engaged for the survey as banks are not equipped to handl...
Sharad Pawar: Why his 2014 prospects rest on capital he has built as agriculture ministerSharad Pawar's base in Maharashtra demands that he stays in power. His 2014 prospects rest on the capital he has built in the last decade a...
Great rural land rush: 3 to 100-fold rise in farm land prices may not bode wellSince 2000, prices of farmland have risen by anywhere between three-fold and 100-fold. Here the value of land is determined by investors an...
- Women SHGs to avail loan at 7 per cent from next year: Jairam Ramesh
Ramesh said the SHGs could take the opportunity to act as franchise for 'Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme' to ensure that the cash is reachin...
- PSU lender, AP govt may start NBFC for microfinance credit
Hyderabad-based PSU is mulling to start Non-Banking Financial Company, in which the AP govt will join in the equity participation, to exten...
- MFI Basix boss, Vijay Mahajan goes on 12-state padyatra
Basix chief goes on padyatra across 12 states to check ground reality as MFIs struggle to retain pro-poor image.
- Microfinance: What's wrong with it
It isn't just the microfinance institutions that are to blame for the current crisis in the sector in Andhra Pradesh. The malaise runs deep...
- Quest for fast growth lands India's microfinance institutions in soup
The quest for fast growth has landed india’s microfinance institutions in the soup. ET’s M Rajshekhar decodes the crisis and looks at the w...
- Women groups might be hard to woo
Politicians from various parties have supported these enterprising groups of women over the years. But their frequent visits, incubation an...
- Govt weighs hike in PDS wheat prices
In what could stir a new controversy, the government is weighing an increase in the price of wheat sold through the public distribution sys...