With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......
Prescribing five national missions for rapid growth and prosperity, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday said integrated action is needed to meet the challenge of uplifting 220 million Indians......
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......
Many regard the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the flagship welfare programme as the best scheme of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. The act aims at enhancing the......
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......
'The prime minister's comment on 'revdi culture' was welcome. But I am disappointed he did not follow up on that.' 'All political parties, including the BJP, have been guilty of this.' 'Now, Modi's......
So far, the overdraft facility has been sanctioned in only 40,000 accounts, and only 8,000 have availed of it. Only 8,000 account holders have availed of the overdraft (OD) facility under the Jan......
India is a land of diverse economic and social structure. The country has witnessed unprecedented growth in the last decade but rural development remains to be one of the biggest challenges.Despite......
The Planning Commission has suggested enhancing the capital and equity base of the Small Industries Development Bank of India and the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development through......
What can Mudra Bank do that can't be done now with some tweaking of the existing system? I dug around a bit and discovered, to my horror, that successive governments have focused on microlending......