'Genuine mistakes can and must be forgiven,' argues Vivek Gumaste, US-based academic and political commentator. The Bharatiya Janata Party's decisive electoral defeat in its bastion, the Hindi......
There were concerns that simply opening a bank account wouldn’t constitute meaningful financial inclusion, as the poor would rarely use these accounts. However, recent data submitted to......
Recently, the government announced yet another ambitious scheme aimed at providing health insurance to 50 crore individuals. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com On the face of it, the National......
Now, 83 per cent males and 77 per cent females have formal bank accounts but they are hardly using them Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India’s adoption of Jan Dhan scheme as well as......