'Does it mean that till the COVID-19 fight is over, the governor should be non-functional, in sleep mode, and fiddling in the Raj Bhavan while the state is burning?'
179 million debit cards were issued during December 2016 to June 2018. A mere 2,000 ATMs were opened in the same period.
NITI Aayog has been working on an action plan to relieve rural distress and energise the agricultural sector
In a review meeting through video conference with chief ministers and representatives of seven states with a high burden of COVID-19 cases, Modi said having micro containment zones will help states in dealing with the spread of the infection and also allow normal activities to continue.
Four recent instances help us understand why Prime Minister Narendra Modi could truly be called the chief human resources officer (CHRO) of the country.
'I hope the anger that Gujarat farmers have demonstrated is also reflected in other parts of the country in ensuing elections.' 'Only then will the ruling parties accept that something is terribly going wrong in the hinterland.'
Rural populations will get will get employment in the industrial corridors following amendments to the land acquisition bill.
The bench also said that a seven-judge bench needed to be constituted for authoritatively deciding a batch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme on grounds including that it infringes on the Right to Privacy of citizens.
A Madhya Pradesh farmer has claimed that he lost his crop because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed rally in the state on February 18.
MUDRA Bank will have a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore.
It also opposed the suggestion that the contributions be transferred to the National Disaster Response Fund.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana or PMJAY has not been a runaway success by any yardstick. Not all stores are running, and many are poorly stocked.
PAN will be a must for all transactions, including purchase of jewellery, above Rs 200,000 with effect from January 1, 2016
The department of financial services has decided to give banks commission, to ensure these accounts are kept active.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said awareness about it should be spread across the country so that at least 50 per cent of the farmers join it within two years.
The apex court had permitted only voluntary use of Aadhaar for welfare programmes including MGNREGA, all pension schemes, provident fund and Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna.
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Private banks account for a total of 21.15 per cent in terms of advances in the overall banking system.
India, the world's third largest energy consumer, has enough petrol, diesel and cooking gas (LPG) in stock to last way beyond the three-week nationwide lockdown, as all plants and supply locations are fully operational, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) chairman Sanjiv Singh said.an Singh, who continued to oversee the mammoth operations of ensuring that fuel reaches every nook and corner despite the loss of his father on the day the 21-day lockdown was declared, said there was no shortage of any fuel in the country and customers should not resort to panic booking of LPG refills.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley more than halved the central government's financial support.
The finance ministry on Sunday highlighted its achievements during the past six months, including the Jan-Dhan Yojana, Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana, and actions taken to curb black money.
The President said that because of the policies of the government foreign investment has increased from $36 billion to $60 billion during the period.
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation where he announced the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes with effect from midnight on November 8-9.
The dichotomy between richer and poorer states is largely in consonance with the diversity in state level disease burden in the country.
The data show close to 72.5 million accounts have been opened till November 10 with an average 500,000 opened every day.
Bankers need to take a call on whether they will allow technology firms to run banks or banks themselves will turn into tech firms, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Jaitley said an effective multi-modal logistics and transport system will "make our economy more competitive.
The PMGKY will not allow declarants to use claims made for refunds for advance taxes paid, tax deducted at source and tax collected under the scheme.
Govt looks to take cooking gas to tiger reserves, Naxal-hit areas
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had to intervene to control a "big fight" in Union Cabinet meeting between Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday, over serious differences on Assam and Jammu-Kashmir getting extra grants from the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
The kerosene subsidy is expected to decline by 40 per cent from Rs 7,595 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 4,500 crore this financial year.
A good agricultural harvest and a timely arrival of monsoon, besides a slew of government schemes, have also come as a bounty.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that the central government will provide free coronavirus vaccine to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18 from June 21, and asserted that vaccine supply would be increased significantly in the country in coming days.
As a percentage of the aggregate Budget expenditure, it is 12 per cent.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver his third Independence Day speech on August 15, he is inviting ideas from citizens on issues he should speak on
Adjusted for inflation, the earlier scheme would have collected Rs 25,000 crore.
According to official statistics, half of India's GDP comes from as many as 420 million workers in the unorganised sector including street vendors, rickshaw pullers, construction workers, rag pickers, agricultural workers, among others. This massive workforce remains outside the purview of the formal banking and insurance industries.
Fully know your customer-complaint Jan Dhan account holders will be allowed to withdraw Rs 10,000 per month from their account, while limited or Non KYC compliant account holders can withdraw Rs 5,000 per month.
Yadav asked the centre to send tankers in large numbers to the parched Bundelkhand region for supply of water from dams and canals there.
Almost 30% or a third of the agriculture ministry's budget, is spent on premium for the PMFBY every year
'The first year of the Modi government's second term has laid the roadmap for the future and we will embark on it with gusto,' promises Gopal Krishna Agrawal, the BJP's national spokesperson on economic affairs.
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