Financial Inclusion
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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
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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
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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
Video
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Sydney: Sikhs in car attacked allegedly by other Indians for perceived support to farmers’ protests
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Watch: Delivery man catches three-year-old girl who fell from the twelfth floor of a building
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Watch: This man was arrested for blocking Ajay Devgn’s car and urging the actor to support farmers
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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
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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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