India’s job challenge: Options aplenty but well-paying ones elude workforce
By Roshan Kishore The biggest reason for this is the employment-income mismatch in agriculture. While the share of agriculture in India’s GDP has been coming down, […]
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The time has come for RBI to tighten its monetary policy
A rate hike at this stage would signal that the Reserve Bank of India is committed to maintaining financial stability and help boost investor confidence […]
Rural India has earned significantly less since the year Modi came to power, says report
By SUBRATA PANDA The RBI report blames the relative underperformance of rural employment scheme MGNREGS as one of the main factors behind the slow growth in […]
All-women SHGs can avail funds at 7% interest: Reserve Bank
New Delhi: All women Self-help groups (SHGs) are now eligible to get loans from banks at 7% interest rates per annum under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana […]
Indian agrarian crisis and impact on banking
By Riyaz A Bhat This crisis has been attributed to growing burden of credit on farming community and their inability of making repayment as a result […]
Banks to provide funds at 7% to women self help groups under DAY-NRLM
Banks will be subvented to the extent of difference between the Weighted Average Interest Charged and 7 percent subject to the maximum limit of 5.5 […]