Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

Not a single person will lose citizenship due to NRC, CAB: Mamata

On a day Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave a clarion call to oppose the 'divisive' bill 'at any cost',......

Monsoon session ends: Lok Sabha functioned 67%, Rajya Sabha functioned 72%

IMAGE: Heated debate and verbal duels were witnessed between the opposition and treasury benches in Lok Sabha on vital issues like cow-lynching and mob-violence, agrarian crisis and the......

8 days on, Parliament stuck on demonetisation

It’s been eight days since the opposition parties have stalled Parliament over the demonetisation issue. Functioning of both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha was disrupted, leading to their......

With RBI's exit, govt now owns 100% in NHB, Nabard

The central bank held 72.5 per cent equity in Nabard worth Rs 1,450 crore, of which 71.5 per cent amounting to Rs 1,430 crore were divested way back in October 2010 and the residual shareholding......

3 crucial financial matters to be taken up in monsoon session

Bank, bankruptcy reforms, Nabard Bill amendment on agenda. The Narendra Modi government is set to take up three finance ministry-related legislative matters in the coming monsoon session of......

What will Nabard do with Rs 500 cr?

It has suddenly become fashionable to talk about "financial inclusion". After Yunus won the Nobel, and Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Pierre Omidyar (of eBay fame) funded micro-finance companies......

All about the draft micro finance bill

The government has released the draft Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, which seeks to make it mandatory for all microfinance institutions to be registered with the......