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DS Group to launch Marriott International’s W Hotels brand in Delhi NCRDS Group is launching a 200-room W Hotels property in Delhi NCR in 2027, investing Rs 400 crore. This expansion increases their hospitality...
Union Minister Shekhawat outlines roadmap for Northeast's trade and tourism boomUnion Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat unveiled a vision for Northeast India at the NEIINFRA summit, highlighting over Rs 6 lakh crore inv...
From Rs 20 chai transactions to Rs 285 lakh crore flows; UPI marks a decade of India's payments revolutionIn the last 10 years, UPI has registered a 12,000-fold surge in volume and over 4,000 times increase in value — that's 17.86 million transa...
Assam elections: BJP's Sonowal launches poll campaign, says Barak Valley now key economic hubUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched his campaign in Assam's Barak Valley. He stated the region is now a gateway to Southeast Asia. T...
PM Modi inaugurates Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 in DelhiPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 in New Delhi, focusing on enhancing rural infrastructure and promotin...
Slice and North East Small Finance Bank announce merger completionSlice and North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB) have officially merged, creating a technology-driven banking institution in India. The merg...
Pragmatic Budget for transformative growth in Northeast India: Industry bodiesIndustry bodies in Northeast India praise the Union Budget 2024-2025 for its focus on holistic development in the region. Allocations for i...
NEHHDC, Tide join hands to scale and promote small weavers and artisans of northeast IndiaTide has signed an MoU with the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (NEHHDC) to empower digitalisation of the h...
NEHHDC, Tide join hands to promote small weavers and artisans of North East IndiaAs a part of the MoU, Tide will help in financial and digital inclusion of weavers and artisans from the region and host mentor panels and ...
Finance ministry collecting data to assess extent of financial exclusion in West Bengal, Bihar and northeastThe survey is being carried out five years into the introduction of the government’s flagship financial inclusion scheme, Prime Minister Ja...
Rs 11 lakh crore priority sector lending target achievable: Arun Jaitley“Investments in financial technology over the past few years have brought in efficiency, speed and transparency in the rural financial ecos...
New Call Telecom in talks with 12 Indian companies for acquisitionNew Call Telecom said it is in talks with 12 Indian companies, including 3-4 firms in the northeastern region, for acquiring them over the ...
Committed to develop infrastructure in North-East: NHIDCLHitting back at the Assam government, it said whatever delays were being caused in projects, were on account of delays in land acquisition,...
World Bank hands out $1.4 mn grants in NE India through Development MarketplaceTwelve innovative social enterprises were awarded grants by the India Development Marketplace (DM) funded by the World Bank Group (WBG).
Crisil's financial inclusion index rises 2.7 per cent in 2012Crisil said improvement in financial inclusion in the country led to an increase in financial inclusion index by 2.7 per cent in 2012.
- RBI stresses entrepreneurship in NE to raise CD ratio
The Reserve Bank of India said entrepreneurship activity in Northeast should be improved and encouraged to raise the credit-deposit ratio i...
- Planning Commission earmarks 10% of gross budgetary support for Northeast
The Planning Commission has advocated sizeable support for IT and telecoms project-linked initiatives in the Northeast.
- FM Pranab Mukherjee forms panel of bankers to improve banking penetration in north-eastern states
60 blocks in NE states remain unbanked despite the govt's financial inclusion drive. The region also has 55 districts where banks have skel...
- FM to go east, take banks along to drive financial inclusion
FM plans reality check on central schemes in meeting with CMs of 12 eastern states on June 14.
- Puducherri, Himachal top financial inclusion
The Union Territory of Puducherri and Himachal Pradesh are claiming to have achieved 100% financial inclusion.