Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP is attempting to manipulate the upcoming Bihar elections, similar to what happened in Maharashtra. He acc...

Tribal leaders, including Maharashtra Assembly Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, protest over quota issues at Mantralaya by jumping onto a saf...

The new BJP government in Odisha promises to extend the PESA Act, granting panchayat-like powers to gram sabhas in tribal areas. Despite th...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced an increase in financial aid for women under the 'Kanyadan Yojana' from Rs 10,000 to Rs ...

The Kumar Mangalam Birla led group has been pressing the accelerator on its payment banking business since it received the license from RBI...

The absence of ATMs or debit cards will reduce costs for the bank and enable it to provide zero-balance accounts economically.

The PESA Act gives the gram sabha rights to decide what development work can or cannot be undertaken in their area — that’s the basic idea ...

The resolution was passed unanimously at the district level meeting of gram sabhas held at Girola village in the district on Wednesday.

The 50 per cent contribution of the Maharashtra state government for the Wadsa-Gadchiroli railway project would be released soon, he said.

As many as 17,510 votes went in favour of NOTA at end of final 24th round of counting, as per the statistics provided by the returning offi...

"M-Pesa is a safe, secure and convenient service to tranfer money and make payments beyond the reach of traditional banking channels."

Using their 'M-Pesa' account, customers can at their convenience deposit and withdraw cash from designated outlets, transfer money to any m...

Vodafone India and ICICI Bank launched mobile money transfer and payment service 'M-Pesa' in Assam and other North Eastern states.

Vodafone India announced the launch of ‘M-Pesa’ a unique mobile money transfer and payment service in Maharashtra.

The Centre is all set to make long-pending changes to strengthen the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, or PESA.

The Centre is working out ways to increase participation of tribals.

Full-fledged implementation of Panchayats Act will give Rs 50K cr to tribal communities for development & will deal a big blow to Maoists.