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...
28 Mar, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
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...
04 Jan, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
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...
05 Nov, 2024, 09.50 PM IST
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...
23 Jul, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
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...
16 Aug, 2023, 12.24 PM IST
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 ...
16 Aug, 2023, 11.23 AM IST
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...
20 Feb, 2020, 10.54 PM IST
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...
26 Feb, 2018, 07.42 PM IST
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 ...
03 Sep, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
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,...
16 Jul, 2015, 11.06 PM IST
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).
19 Jun, 2014, 03.27 PM IST
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.
30 Dec, 2013, 06.28 PM IST
- 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...
24 Aug, 2012, 06.29 PM IST
- 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.
28 Nov, 2011, 01.54 PM IST
- 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...
09 Nov, 2011, 02.13 AM IST
- 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.
11 Jun, 2010, 06.40 AM IST
- Puducherri, Himachal top financial inclusion
The Union Territory of Puducherri and Himachal Pradesh are claiming to have achieved 100% financial inclusion.
13 Sep, 2007, 05.29 AM IST