China is the world's second-largest importer after the US, with total imports valued at about $2.6 tn in 2024. Yet, India's share in China'...

A State Bank of India report reveals banking system risks. Unsecured loans have surged significantly. Deposits and credit remain concentrat...

The second edition of the index, developed by the Aayog in collaboration with the ministry of development of north eastern region, state go...

Individual housing loans in India stood at Rs 33.53 lakh crore by September 2024, showing a 14% year-on-year growth, with the MIG segment h...

India's rural and urban consumption gap is reducing significantly, thanks to government initiatives like direct benefit transfers and impro...

India's Finance Ministry has urged public sector banks to achieve their loan targets for the agri-allied sector this fiscal year. Secretary...

From 1990 to 2022, the number of new cancer drugs launched annually increased significantly in high-income countries, from 0.5 to over eigh...

Regional disparities in agricultural lending persist despite a record high in institutional credit, according to RBI deputy governor Swamin...

The Reserve Bank of India has revised its incentive framework to push banks to increase the flow of priority sector credit to districts wit...

Earlier in the day, the Reserve Bank came out with revised guidelines for priority sector lending (PSL) which included lending of up to Rs ...

“Revised PSL guidelines will enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas; increase the lending to small and marginal farmers...

The Indian-born member of British House of Lords, who is also a Padma Bhushan awardee, said we need to concentrate on the core problems of ...

The severe disparity has been triggering social instability, a challenge that governments at various levels have devoted enormous resources...

Four of the 640 districts have only one bank branch each, says a Crisil study, which launched the country's first financial inclusion index...

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee called upon banks to promote financial inclusion for sustaining high growth of the banking sector.

The country’s top bankers still continue to bet on places like Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (TN) or Uttar Pr...

Concerned over the need to bridge regional disparities, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday asked the World Bank to build a region-wise d...