Premji university study calls for Rs 15,000 cash support to poor via PDS

This will cost the government Rs 3.1 trillion, about 10 per cent of its annual expenditure, and higher than any other spending item in its Budget. IMAGE: A migrant worker arrives at Chennai's MGR......

'If we don't do something for society, who will?'

"Whenever you do anything, ask yourselves three simple questions: Is my action against women; will it harm the environment; and will it worsen the global food security?""And if all the answers are......

How India's young innovators do well by doing good

'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' is indeed possible!' says Dr R A......

Voters reject Gandhi dynasty and its handouts

It was the rejection of the Congress' welfarist economics by voters that led to the party's drubbing, says Andy Mukherjee. In handing its worst-ever defeat to Sonia Gandhi’s Congress party,......

How India's rural landscape is changing

This survey also shows how things have moved forward since the last large-scale sample survey conducted by NSSO in 2012-13 The recent survey by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural......

'Internet use to ensure financial inclusion, transparency'

The increased use of Internet in the financial services industry, which is seeing stiff competition, will help ensure more transparency and bring down distribution costs, says a Dun & Bradstreet......

PM-Kisan scheme will bring cheer to most farmers

The scheme, which would give Rs 6,000 to small farmers in a year or Rs 500 a month, will add more money to the account of these cultivators than the money he/she saves every month on an average.......

Financial inclusion may remain an unsolved puzzle

Financial inclusion is back in the limelight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana -- an initiative to bank the poor -- in his Independence Day......

Mind-blowing Bolt lights up worlds

Olympic champion Usain Bolt thundered to victory and a world championship gold medal in a mind-blowing 9.58 seconds, slashing 0.11 seconds off the mark he set at last year's Beijing Olympics. He......