The Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced its steepest interest rate cut in more than 11 years in a bid to counter the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the government stepped up......
'These people are living on the edge of starvation and governments need to show much greater compassion towards them.'Rashme Sehgal reports for Rediff.com IMAGE: The Bundelkhand region in......
Sugar mills in UP owe thousands of crores to cane farmers. Banks are unwilling to lend to the sector. Bhupesh Bhandari and Sahil Makkar dissect the festering agrarian-industrial-social......
Is the existing banking infrastructure ready to take on the Jan Dhan Yojana load, Mayank Mishra is not too sure One of Rajesh Singh’s friends went from Delhi to Birpur, a small town in......
Modi government's mega scheme 'Jan Dhan Yojana' is aimed to provide financial independence to the lower strata of society, but experts say this initiative will work only if there is a robust......