Lack of awareness about the scheme, especially in villages, has created a situation where expectations are turning into disappointment.
'While they claim to cherish Bapu's ideals, they cherish Godse as fervently.'
Key questions remain about the operational and financial viability of a completely paperless bank such as India Post, says Mayank Jain.
Four recent instances help us understand why Prime Minister Narendra Modi could truly be called the chief human resources officer (CHRO) of the country.
To write a criticism of the finance minister's performance without having included the PM's role is deliberate. It is not difficult to see why Jaitley interpreted it as being Sinha's way of sucking up to Modi.
For the CBI, crimes are likely to become more innovative, complex, driven increasingly by technology and transcending geographical boundaries, says Anil Kumar Sinha.
The Economic Survey called for improving business environment.
The Budget will indicate where the Modi government stands on reforms, growth and development.
The government is determined to stop generation of black money, he said.
The number of cyber crimes in India could touch 3,00,000 in 2015
Nilekani said new-age technology markets work on a winner-takes-all basis.
The government has unleashed a slew of reforms to attract greater investments including higher foreign direct investment in defence and opening up the railways infrastructure sector, relaxed labour laws, launched campaigns like the Make in India for re-invigorating manufacturing, Clean India and Digital India, among others.
Can welfare schemes truly transform from being flagship to flag-bearers for a government that is looking to get a second term in 2019?
The Jan Dhan scheme restricts the scope of life insurance cover to bring down burden on the exchequer.
According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government's re-election campaign.
80% of beneficiaries in 300 districts to be linked with direct benefits transfer
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election.
How much money the Modi government has already spent and is going to spend on all those foreign trips, muses Sunita Iyer
The government scheme has a long way to go before its ultimate goals of universal financial inclusion and financial literacy are achieved.
Bankers said the mammoth task of cleaning up the PSBs and improving their health will be a mammoth task for any chief executive.
Vijay Mallya, who faces prosecution in India, is reportedly in London.
'Deep pockets have become a prerequisite for contesting elections on a major party symbol in most states.' 'Given the premium parties place on self-financing candidates, once you have accounted for the suspected criminals, dynasts, industrialists, and celebrities, there is not much room for anyone else.'
The prime minister, on his first trip to his Lok Sabha constituency in over eight months, claimed poverty alleviation measures have lacked a proper direction and they are spoken about during election time as a "tradition".
One can expect significant changes at India's banks in ensuing months.
P Chidambaram accused the BJP of making a u-turn on bills like GST after having stalled them during the UPA regime.
The govt has a lot more to do then just open bank accounts for the poor in the Jan Dhan scheme.
'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' -- breaking the myth that 'affordability' and 'excellence' cannot go together -- is indeed possible!' says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, in this fascinating feature.
The top two in the government and in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah, respectively, spent the day trying to hard sell not just the contentious land Bill but also how the Modi government stood for the welfare of farmers.
'This is a watershed election in Indian politics.' 'For the first time, we are moving away from identity politics to aspirational politics.'
Three recent initiatives kicked off with renewed vigour to improve governance were actually started, perhaps in a different format by the UPA government.
The meeting will be attended by all heads and EDs of public sector banks
Report card of the Narendra Modi-led central government for the first six months, on the basis of ratings by top CEOs, under key parameters.
Government's financial inclusion mission is well intentioned, but it may be putting a severe strain on the banking sector.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's hot saffronite swami is yoga teacher Ramdev.
Economic growth in the last two years has stayed above seven per cent.
'Two days notice for the Janata Curfew.' 'Two-and-a-half days notice for lighting candles, but a mere four-hour notice for the lockdown without taking state governments into confidence.'
The new Insurance Bill will boost investment in the sector
Chief ministers of states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka were among those who raised the issue of loan waver scheme for farmers.
India's cities must switch over to piped gas leaving LPG cylinders.
Some believe the shift to mobile-based transactions will be seamless considering that the urban tele-density is 148%. In rural areas, it is touching 51%. But smartphone penetration in India is a mere 12%. Growth of mobile money has been extremely slow: It is currently 1%.
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