India has all the ingredients to succeed: Harvard ProfessorAccording to a series of NITI Aayog tweets, Harvard business school professor Michael E Porter said India is at a very good place in the ch...
26 May, 2017, 01.22 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi aiming for cashless economy: Venkaiah Naidu"The Prime Minister first tried to bring back black money from foreign countries, now he is trying to unearth black money from within count...
23 Nov, 2016, 04.15 PM IST
Government saved Rs 36k crore in one year by plugging leakages via JAMHe pointed out that in a population of 125 crore, India today has over 103 crore mobile phones (users) and 107 crore Aadhar cards for verif...
14 Nov, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
25 per cent of Jan Dhan accounts opened in Odisha have zero balance: State finance minister Pradip Kumar AmatThis fiscal, banks met only 21% of crop loan and 14% per cent of term loan targets in the first quarter.
19 Aug, 2016, 07.28 PM IST
Delegation studies Aadhar-linked DBT prog in Andhra Pradesh villagesThe Krishna district has been chosen as a pilot by the Government of India for implementation of Aadhar-linked DBT scheme.
05 Jul, 2016, 04.50 PM IST
BSNL has earned operating profit of Rs 672 crore: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe Minister expressed confidence that the public sector telecom company would earn an operating profit of Rs 2,000 crore in this financial...
17 Jun, 2016, 11.52 PM IST
Linking all benefits to Aadhaar and Jan Dhan Yojana will save Rs 1 lakh crore from bogus claims: Nitin GadkariThe government is trying to stamp out bogus beneficiaries, given instances of fake claims in scholarships, pension, gas subsidies and other...
14 Jun, 2016, 06.19 PM IST
29.17 lakh accounts opened under PMJDY in Punjab: Parminder Singh DhindsaPunjab Government has opened a record over 29.17 lakh accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) for which different banks or...
06 Nov, 2015, 10.47 PM IST
For Modi government, UID the wild card that came goodThe Aadhaar card has emerged as the world's largest biometric identification database, way ahead of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
19 May, 2015, 12.10 PM IST
India must seize chance to be top economy: Christine Lagarde, IMF chiefLagarde praised the steps taken by PM Narendra Modi and RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to steer the economy.
16 Mar, 2015, 10.52 AM IST
Tihar inmates to get life insurance cover under Jan Dhan YojnaThe initiative will come true after all inmates have been issued Aadhar Card which is a necessary requirement for the banking facility.
22 Dec, 2014, 04.50 PM IST
Finance Ministry review meeting with chiefs of PSU banks, FIs on Novmber 20The progress of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is another important issue that will be discussed in the meeting.
16 Nov, 2014, 01.53 PM IST
Jan Dhan scheme: Finance Ministry to meet top bankers on the progress of programmeThe main features of the PMJDY scheme include Rs 5,000 overdraft facility for Aadhar-linked accounts, RuPay Debit Card with inbuilt Rs 1 la...
02 Nov, 2014, 11.38 AM IST
Jan Dhan accounts cross 5 crore mark, banks collect over Rs 3500 croreGiving major push to Aadhaar scheme, Sandhu said, all these accounts will be seeded to the Aadhar number & will have biometrics to avoid th...
29 Sep, 2014, 06.33 PM IST
Jan Dhan Yojana: RBI asks banks to exercise caution while opening accounts under the schemeEarlier this week, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan had cautioned banks on the risks involved in just hunting for numbers with regards to Jan Dh...
19 Sep, 2014, 07.44 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to review progress of Aadhaar tomorrowThe Narendra Modi government will use Aadhaar as a tool for its various welfare schemes including the Jan Dhan Yojana.
05 Sep, 2014, 07.15 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi launches 'Jan Dhan Yojana'; Rs one lakh life insurance cover to poor peopleModi said, people have mobile phones but not bank accounts, the scheme will help bring the benefits of formal banking system to them.
15 Aug, 2014, 09.25 AM IST