Raising FDI limit in insurance aimed at unlocking full potential of sector: FM SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament that raising the FDI limit in the insurance sector to 100% will boost annual growth to ...
28 Jul, 2025, 04.09 PM IST
About 1.4 lakh new PMJDY a/cs opened under financial inclusion saturation campaign: FinMinIndia's finance ministry reports significant progress in its nationwide financial inclusion campaign. Approximately 1.4 lakh new Jan Dhan a...
15 Jul, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
New NPS frauds lure subscribers with higher returns, complete withdrawal of NPS corpus and more; PFRDA cautions publicPension related frauds: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) through a public notice has cautioned the general public ...
19 Feb, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
India is scanning more QR codes! UPI becomes top transaction mode in rural, semi-urban India: ReportA new report reveals UPI's dominance in rural India. Many people want to save and learn about finances. Traditional banking remains relevan...
17 Dec, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
Finmin ask private banks to give more thrust on serving the marginalised sections of societyFinancial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi chaired a review meeting with private sector banks to assess the progress of financial inclusion s...
09 Jul, 2024, 09.43 PM IST
MoS Finance urges private banks to push government's financial inclusion programmesMinister of State for Finance Bhagwat K Karad has urged private sector banks to promote various financial inclusion programs such as Pradha...
19 Oct, 2023, 10.43 PM IST
India’s pension sector shows scope for growth as economy transitions to high-middle-income nation: Eco SurveyAt the state level, the benefit of the Employees State Insurance Corporation pension scheme was extended to even those who have lost earnin...
31 Jan, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
Mumbai-based Raise launches new learning platform UpsurgeUnlike other e-learning platforms, Upsurge intends to operate as a club for enthusiasts who want to learn, engage and contribute to buildin...
20 Jul, 2022, 09.16 PM IST
PSBs to hold credit outreach event as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit MahotsavAll public sector banks will be holding a credit outreach drive across districts on Wednesday June 8, as a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot...
07 Jun, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
Private sector to drive growth of PFRDA pension schemes: Study paperLed by the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), the number of subscribers between 2017-18 and 2021-22 have multiplied over three-fold, while the asse...
24 Apr, 2022, 02.54 PM IST
SaaS startup Postman invests Rs 2 crore for API lab at BITS PilaniSet to open in December 2022, the API Lab at BITS Pilani will cultivate interest in APIs and provide a space for students to build new skil...
28 Mar, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
Needed, regulation of algorithmic tradingTech does not change the need to appreciate market dynamics and fundamentals. Minus that, pitfalls await those who chase tech for the sake ...
14 Dec, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
How the digital lending space expects to benefit from the Union Budget 2019One of the biggest concerns of the digital lending space at present is the need for SMEs to pay TDS on their interest payments.
03 Jul, 2019, 12.45 PM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to review performance of PSU banks, FIs on June 12The meeting assumes significance as it will be the first after promulgation of the ordinance amending the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, las...
09 Jun, 2017, 03.40 PM IST
Government may allow employees to raise NPS fund in stocks soonAs of September 6, 2016 PFRDA regulated NPS and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) together have 1.34 crore subscribers with total Asset under Manag...
08 Sep, 2016, 07.49 PM IST
Government plans to focus on financial literacy; postmen to tutor rural India on banking systemFinMin is working on a structured programme as part of a new inclusion strategy under which banks will pay a fee to use the postal departme...
24 Oct, 2015, 07.14 AM IST
Deposits worth about Rs 21,000 crore mobilised under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan YojanaBanks have mobilised deposits worth close to Rs 21,000 crore from the accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the Finance...
12 Aug, 2015, 08.57 PM IST