Modi's village adoption plan has potential to transform rural India

Each ‘adarsh village’ should have piped drinking water, connectivity to the main road, electricity supply to all households, library, telecom and broadband connectivity including CCTVs......

'Bhashan se pet nahi bharta': Congress takes dig at PM Modi

Opposition on Monday picked holes in various government decisions like demonetisation and surgical strikes as well as allocation of funds for MNREGA, agriculture sector and Scheduled Castes, saying......

Insurance for 1 crore poor families

The government proposes to insure one crore (10 million) poor families within a year under the Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana which was launched last month. "The Aam Adami Bima Yojana for the rural......

A life cover to cost Rs 90 under Jan Dhan Yojana

An accident insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh is also given to all individuals who open a bank account under the Jan-Dhan Yojana. The life insurance cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana will......

Jan Dhan Yojana: Clarity awaited on insurance

A P Hota, MD & CEO, NPCI, Usha Ananthasubramanian, CMD, BMB and Hari Bhatt, APAC Head- FIS, launches first-ever RuPay Chip Card to be issued by Bharatiya Mahila Bank. Photograph: Courtesy, NPCI......

Is the ambitious Jan Dhan scheme losing steam?

The Jan Dhan scheme restricts the scope of life insurance cover to bring down burden on the exchequer. The government has started applying exclusion principles to its inclusion scheme, the Pradhan......