Financial Inclusion
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How microfinance companies use women’s labour for profit with little regard for financial inclusion
Far from entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency, the messy reality is that most women borrow money to clear debts or pay for school fees and medical expenses.
Smitha Radhakrishnan
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Interview with NABARD chief: Women are the best borrowers and the best repayers
India needs to increase the proportion of women in the workforce to give it an economic impetus, says GR Chintala.
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
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As pandemic pushes India’s microfinance sector to the brink, women are the first to fall
Loan disbursement by the sector fell by 97% in the April-June quarter compared to previous year.
Mahima Jain
Trending
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Seven firms that failed drug quality test gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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Women’s self-help groups in rural India have pushed past obstacles and boosted household incomes
The National Rural Livelihood Mission benefited Dalits and Adivasis as much or more than other social groups, a recent evaluation found.
Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com
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Over 40.35 crore poor have access to banks as Jan Dhan scheme completes six years: Finance Ministry
The government also said 34.81 crore or 86.3% account were operative in August.
Scroll Staff
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Over 80% Indians now have bank accounts. How many are actually using them?
Narendra Modi government’s Jan Dhan Yojana was supposed to increase financial inclusion by making banking more accessible to the poor. It has come up short.
Neha Abraham, FactChecker.in
Video
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Adorable animals: Playful elephant calf keeps stopping cleaner from raking leaves
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Nandan Nilekani to chair RBI panel to improve digital payments
The five-member panel has been tasked with improving financial inclusion through digitisation.
Scroll Staff
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Government claims Jan Dhan Yojana was a big success. Here’s a reality check
Independent research suggests that the financial inclusion scheme may not have had as big an impact.
Mayank Jain
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With first Sharia-compliant co-op bank in Kerala, has Islamic banking moved ahead in India?
The ‘Halal Fayidah’ bank aims to attract devout Muslims who are out of the conventional banking system as giving and charging interest is against Islamic law.
TA Ameerudheen
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Full text: Raghuram Rajan on how Indians can be freed from the clutches of moneylenders
Three approaches to greater financial inclusion for people on the margins.
Raghuram G Rajan
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This public sector bank was so successful it gave Rs 658 billion in profits to the Centre
But RBI governor Raghuram Rajan thinks this should mean better pay and pension.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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The weak link in Modi's ambitious plan to give every Indian a bank account
If the Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana is to work, the government will have to find a way to make the business correspondent model truly sustainable.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Field
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal
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WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore deliver lesson on making comebacks to win first title