Migrant workers turn towards banking for employmentBanking correspondence is emerging as a lucrative option for many rural traders.
Challenges over cash shortage, restricted movements for government's DBT agentsDespite being included as an essential service by the govt, Bank Mitras – central to government’s DBT scheme - are reportedly not being all...
Cabinet doubles Jan Dhan accounts overdraft cap to Rs 10,000 from 5,000: Arun JaitleyCommenting on the scheme, Arun Jaitley said around 53% account holders under Jan Dhan are women, out of which 59% accounts belong to rural ...
Opposition punches holes in Aadhaar schemeOn fake Aadhaar cards, Chandrashekar said the government has inherited "100 crore unverified database" created prior to bringing the law in...
8 schemes covered under DBT system so far: GovernmentAt present, cash transfer of food subsidy is being implemented in Chandigarh and Puducherry since September 2015 and it has also been parti...
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh asks banks to ensure timely, easy crop loansThe government has set an agricultural credit target for banks at Rs 9 lakh crore for the current fiscal, up from Rs 8.5 lakh crore in 2015...
Farm sector crisis expected to deepen further in 2016-17: Ramesh Chand, Niti AayogRamesh Chand warned that the country's farm sector crisis is expected to deepen further in 2016-17 if the current trend of falling global c...
Saansad Gram Yojana: Nirmala Sitharaman dedicates projects to villagesThe two adopted villages are the first in the country to have individual Bio-digester based toilets developed by Defence Research and Devel...
Mobile payment startups and banks use technology to tap rural IndiaAs mobile payment startups and banks take frugal technology to rural India, thousands of lives are experiencing the change for the first ti...