Telecom Development Plan to provide 4G connectivity to 1683 remote villages by 2022: Pema KhanduThis will bring welcome change in people’s life by providing them the much needed digital empowerment, he said. Speaking on the occasion of...
20 Feb, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
TReDs was touted as the tool to tackle delayed payments to MSMEs. Did it succeed?TReDS was supposed to be a game changer-a platform that could sort out the issue of delayed payments for MSMEs. Almost five years later, th...
29 Jan, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
SIDBI's 'Standup Mitra' portal records over 96,000 loan sanctionsThe Stand-Up India scheme aims to ensure access to women, SCs and STs by providing them financial assistance starting of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1...
27 Oct, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
Sidbi, Transunion Cibil partner to launch portal to help MSMEsThe portal- MSMESaksham- aims to guide MSMEs across their credit lifecycle, from availing credit to start and grow their businesses, to man...
30 Jul, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
SIDBI launches outreach programme for strengthening MSME ecosystem in HaryanaThis is the nine outreach programme under the initiative. Eight programmes have already been organised in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Biha...
22 Jun, 2020, 01.24 PM IST
Water crisis an opportunity to become surplus nation: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Jal Shakti ministerGajendra Singh Shekhawat just laid out a detailed road map on water for the next five years.
07 Jul, 2019, 10.05 AM IST
The challenge of water: India’s ability to manage and govern water will determine its futureWater will determine India’s ability to achieve high economic growth, ensure environmental sustainability and improve quality of life for c...
04 Jul, 2019, 10.53 AM IST
18,000 surrendered militants to get skill development training in AssamThe minister informed that Assam government is also planning to set up foreign language learning centres particularly in South East Asian l...
24 Jul, 2018, 08.50 PM IST
Farm activist urges Centre to ban toxic pesticidesFarm activist and chief of the Maharashtra government's task force, Kishor Tiwari, claimed that last year more than 60 farmers died in the ...
08 May, 2018, 12.52 PM IST
Taskforce suggests 5-point agenda for cash-starved farmersKishore Tiwari, has suggested that Fadnavis direct collectors of 14 suicide-prone districts of Vidarbha and Marathwada region to start a cr...
12 Jun, 2016, 05.04 PM IST
Water conservation mission in Rajasthan kicks offThe 'Mukhyamantri Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan' launched recently by C M Vasundhara Raje, has now garnered support from various sections of soci...
30 Jan, 2016, 04.27 PM IST
Declare suicide prone areas in Maharashtra as organic farming zones: Farm activistProminent farm activist Kishor Tiwari has urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.
20 Jan, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
Farm activist alleges scam in loan disbursement to farmersKishor Tiwari, President of VNSSM, has alleged that the scam took place during the period of 2005-2015 and demanded a CBI probe into it.
30 Dec, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
PFRDA aims to open 56 lakh Swavalamban Pension accounts through banks & NBFCs in 2014-15Swavalamban is a government initiative in which the government co-contributes Rs. 1000/- per annum to all eligible Swavalamban pension acco...
19 Nov, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
PFRDA seeks bankers help to promote pension in countryPension fund regulator PFRDA asked bankers to promote pension through various schemes and advised them to meet the target for selling Swava...
19 Nov, 2014, 04.52 AM IST
80 lakh subscribers target under Swavalamban pension scheme by FY15: PFRDAPFRDA Chairman said the banking industry is working in close co-ordination with the PFRDA and the Ministry of Finance to cover more people ...
18 Sep, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
Jan Dhan imbibes all 5 Ps of financial inclusion: Product, place, price, protection and profitA financial literacy programme will be an integral part of Jan Dhan, and 718 centres opened by banks at the district level will be suppleme...
01 Sep, 2014, 02.42 AM IST