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Jan Suraksha revamp: PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY may see increase in sum insuredThe government is contemplating a substantial expansion of insurance benefits within its renowned Jan Suraksha initiatives. This strategy i...
The myth of India’s extreme inequality: What the data gets wrongRecent studies reveal a misrepresentation of income inequality in India, challenging the commonly accepted pre-tax Gini coefficient of 0.61...
View: It's time for India to phase out lockdowns, give more cash to poorIn Indian conditions, stringency was never going to work. Urban slums and many villages are extremely crowded, sleeping four to ten people ...
Bank depositors oppose repo as benchmark for savings accountsBanks have opened over 35 crore basic bank accounts under the Jan Dhan Yojana scheme. These accounts have zero balance requirements and ban...
Jan Dhan accounts keep villagers sober, slow rural inflation: Study“We observed that there is both statistically significant and economically meaningful drop in consumption of intoxicants such as alcohol an...
Survey shows 69% optimistic about the future under Modi sarkarA strong majority, 81%, said India’s global standing had improved while 64% approved of the manner in which the government has dealt with P...
Is the NDA government's flagship initiative Jan Dhan Yojana bearing fruit on the ground?Several economic theories predict that financial inclusion programmes can directly benefit lower income households at the micro level throu...
Macro fundamentals create platform for sustained growth: President Pranab MukherjeeHe also highlighted various policy initiative taken by the government to prevent tax evasion and deal with menace of black money.
Black money tricks: Woman tea seller, flower seller's accounts misused to launder demonetised currencyI-T dept has conducted at least 70 raids in the last 50 days in jewellery shops, transport companies, entry operators' companies, cooperati...
Five takeaways from PM Narendra Modi’s political moves in 2016In 2015, he appeared your regular risk-averse, status-quoist politician, out to please all. 2016 saw him as a man not afraid to shock the s...
One-upmanship won’t work against note ban: Sitaram YechuryThe Opposition’s movement focuses on people’s trouble, not on roll back for protecting the sleaze money some party gathered.
Fiscal deficit, inflation are in check, transfer of goods and services to people will take time: Bimal JalanBy and large, the verdict is very favourable. All the steps that have been taken. I am glad that we have a first majority government after ...
Inflation under control but global economy, agricultural situation remain a challenge: FM JaitleyFM Jaitley said inflation has been brought under control in the past one year but global economy and agrarian situation pose challenge to t...
BJP national executive to project party’s pro-poor, pro-farmer faceThe three-day BJP national executive meeting next week in Bengaluru will focus on projecting a "pro-farmer, pro-poor" image of the Narendra...
Low inflation, rising income to drive Rs 1.4-trillion spending boom: Crisil reportThe agency attributes this to the coming back of real returns for savers and consumers, even though on a marginal scale, following the stee...
Economic Survey 2015: Reforms need to keep pace, says Rohini Malkani of CitibankWhile India's macro vulnerability has reduced over the last two yrs, it is still higher than the mean of its peer nations in the BBB rating...
Governor went with advisors' suggestions on policy rate moveRBI in its bi-monthly review of the monetary policy on February 3 kept policy rate unchanged at 7.75%.
Expand Jan Dhan beyond bank accounts, says former RBI Governor D Subbarao"India has more poor people than the entire continent of Africa. We have to bring poverty down. We need to grow at 10 or 10 plus %," he add...
PM Modi-led NDA government has done nothing to curb inflation: Arvind KejriwalKejriwal was referring to Modi's speech yesterday in which he had spoken of the government's move to transfer LPG subsidy directly to consu...
Consumer sentiment eases for 3rd month in a row: ReportConsumer sentiment had picked up in the run up to the general election earlier in the year, but has failed to maintain the momentum.