NEW DELHI: After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed banks to increase charges on ATM cash withdrawals beyond the mandatory free monthly usage, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday said the move would “nullify” the objectives of the financial inclusion of poor people and termed it ” institutionalised extraction”.“The Union Government urged…
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2025-26, outlined an ambitious roadmap aimed at sustaining India’s rapid economic growth. The budget prioritizes agriculture, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), investment, and exports, positioning them as key drivers of job creation, self-reliance, and enhanced global competitiveness. A budget for growth and inclusion…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) chairperson Shaji KV felicitated the PM at the event.Ahead the inauguration of the Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the more prosperous our villages…
RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra Sanjay Malhotra, who took over as RBI’s 26th governor on Wednesday, said stability, trust and growth will remain the central bank’s core values. “India’s growth trajectory must continue, and RBI will play a key role in fostering it. Financial inclusion is central to this effort,” he said in Mumbai.The ex-revenue secretary…
NEW DELHI: The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), since its launch in 2016, has vastly transformed financial access in the country, enabling 300 million individuals and 50 million merchants to perform seamless digital transactions, and till October last year, 75% of all retail digital payments in India were made through UPI, according to a research paper…
When we aspire for certain things and work hard towards securing them, we feel happy only briefly at our success. Then, there is a mental reset. What has been achieved becomes the benchmark. What is still elusive becomes the next quest or cause for restlessness. This is true of most humans. We adopt a similar…
