The government scheme has a long way to go before its ultimate goals of universal financial inclusion and financial literacy are achieved.
The assessment of PMJDY should be done within the context of the programme.
The elections were recently postponed.
The new Insurance Bill may take little time to see light of teh day.
The Food Security Bill, the Land Acquisition Bill and the Aadhar card could bring electoral dividends to the government as it tries to hard to woo the poor, reports Renu Mittal
DEA officials to push for this at a meeting with FM Jaitley.
The best investment schemes fail if they don't offer incentives to intermediaries to push investors.
Payment banks may not be viable option to attain financial inclusion.
Encouraging domestic financial savings through focused measures would help mobilise long term resources for funding infrastructure and economic development.
The president outlined the government's agenda in the coming financial year in his customary address to the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament.
The first stage of the inclusion strategy was focussed on opening bank accounts, logically seen as creating the last-mile channels for financial access.
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