Private sector banks need to catch up on financial inclusion drive: Financial Services SecretarySpeaking at the 20th Global Inclusive Finance Summit, Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi also asked banks and financial institutions ...
India, Germany launch joint projects in Africa to boost local economyThese projects are being implemented based on a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) on implementation of triangular development cooperation p...
India, Germany discuss investment opportunities in MSME sectorJain and Jerger talked about cooperation in the MSME sector between India and Germany with special focus on the fields of food processing, ...
Indo-German green hydrogen task force set up for climate action goalsIndia has recently announced an ambitious green hydrogen policy to decarbonise across sectors and industry. It also aims at launching a gre...
ArcelorMittal to invest $10 billion to cut global carbon emissions by 25% by 2030ArcelorMittal, which had already set itself a 2050 target to make its operations carbon neutral, plans to launch its first carbon-neutral f...
India, Germany to work together on alternative medicineThe pact would also enable cooperation in satellite communication and satellite based navigation, planetary exploration, use of spacecraft ...
Is the NDA government's flagship initiative Jan Dhan Yojana bearing fruit on the ground?Several economic theories predict that financial inclusion programmes can directly benefit lower income households at the micro level throu...
Jubilant Life signs deals for diagnostic product supplyJubilant DraxImage Montreal Canada has signed long-term contracts with distribution networks in the US for supply of products used for diag...
Apple seeking newer screens to make or break Japan suppliersThe smartphone industry is shifting away from liquid-crystal displays, or LCDs, which used to be on almost every phone and remains the stan...
Jubilant Life arm gets Australia TGA nod for lung scan drugJubilant Pharma, through one of its units JDI, has received approval from TGA, Australia, for Lyophilized kit for preparation of Technetium...
Jan Dhan scorecard: 22 crore bank accounts opened, average balance Rs 1,725The idea behind opening bank accounts was to empower the poor financially by encouraging savings, easing loan delivery and direct cash tran...
Investors seeking stable policy, market access: Ajay Banga, Mastercard CEOForeign investors see a real opportunity in India, but policy implementation needs to pick up pace, says Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga.
Almost half of card spends happen on fashion and retail stores: ReportThe credit card issuance rose 10% in year 2014-15 after dipping marginally a year ago as banks made efforts to weed out the inactive cards ...
Bank agents in rural areas need to be paid better DBT commission: MicroSaveAgents of banks should be given higher compensation in rural India to make their business model viable and achieve the goals of financial i...
Bank agents to receive higher commissions for DBT transactions: MicroSaveGovernment has to shell out Rs 1150 crore with 1 per cent DBT commissions and Rs 3611 crore for 3 per cent DBT commission.
Plan to expand Rs 1-lakh Jan Dhan cover may need government subsidyThe Rs 1-lakh free personal accident cover with a JDY account is valid as long as the account holder uses the RuPay debit card once in 45 d...
Jan Dhan Yojana: Why impressive numbers don’t mean much to financial inclusion driveBanks are giving Narendra Modi Sarkar the numbers it wanted but delivering financial inclusion will be much more harder.