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Opinion | Andhra Man's Suicide And The Menace Of Illegal Loan Apps
Loan apps are used heavily in rural and semi-rural areas, where formal banking systems are scarce. They target disadvantaged sections of society, that is, people with meagre incomes who are ineligible to obtain credit from established platforms.
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Madhya Pradesh's Bizarre Currency Exchange Plot Involves Occultist, Djinn
The Crime Branch team seized the demonetised notes and promptly informed the Election Commission and the Income Tax Department. Their ongoing investigation aims to determine whether these notes were intended for distribution among villagers.
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Explained: What The Rajasthan Minimum Income Bill Guarantees
The bill guarantees 125 days of employment to both rural and urban families.
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WhatsApp to Partner With More Indian Banks in Financial Inclusion Push
WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for lower income individuals, the messaging platform's country head said on Wednesday.
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PM Modi Says Economic Reforms Will Boost Farmers' Income Amid Lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the third tranche of economic stimulus announced by his government will help rural economy and boost farmers' income.
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Winners And Losers Of Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020
There's a lot riding on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's budget this fiscal year. Once the world's fastest-growing economy, India is now trying to restart economic growth that's dipped to an 11-year low.
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Budget 2020: Government Committed To Doubling Farmers' Income By 2022
"Under Aspirational India programme, the first point is agriculture, irrigation and rural development. We are committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022," Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech in Lok Sabha.
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Rising Food Inflation Makes Rural India Turn To Rotis, Watery Dal
Nazir, 70-year-old farmer from Naya Khera village in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, has cooked a meal of watered-down dal and rotis for dinner. "To make the dal tighter, I will need more dal. When we have less money, the dal will also be less," he says.
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Doubling Farmers' Income, Ram Temple: 10 Big Points From BJP's Manifesto
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's manifesto or Sankalp patra, a document promising good governance, security and prosperity of the country. BJP chief Amit Shah in his introductory message claimed that India is a "maha-shakti" now. During the period between 2004 and 2014, when UPA was in power, India had "slipped in the eyes of the wor...
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BJP Releases Manifesto, Promises Ram Mandir, Double Income For Farmers
The manifesto is expected to include schemes addressing rural distress, job creation and corruption. The release comes a day after Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley unveiled the campaign themes and other materials of the party's election campaign, with "Phir ek baar, Modi sarkar (Modi government, once more)" as the tag line.
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Kerala Woman Is First From Indigenous Tribes Of Wayanad To Crack IAS Exam
For 26-year-old Sreedhanya Suresh, the road to cracking the civil service exams wasn't easy. Her parents were daily wage workers and their only source of household income was the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.
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In Race To The Finish, A Clash Of PM Modi's Kisan vs Rahul Gandhi's NYAY
In rural Uttar Pradesh, and elsewhere in the country, it's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Kisan" (farmer) versus Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's "NYAY" (justice), with voters weighing in on the Congress's Rs 72,000 a year income top-up promise for India's poor against the BJP's already implemented scheme of sending Rs 2,000 to the bank accounts of s...
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Manmohan Singh Critiques Budget, Says Farm, Tax Sops Will Impact Polls
Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh said the government's interim budget, presented todayby Union Minister Piyush Goyal, will have implications on the national elections due by May. The government presented a budget with big giveaways to the middle class, small farmers and the rural population in what is being seen as a critical test for Prime ...
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Manmohan Singh "Need Not Be Pessimistic", Arun Jaitley Hits Back
Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the ruling government's claim of doubling farmers' income by 2022, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the former prime minister "need not be pessimistic".
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Farm Loan Waivers, Not Income Growth Behind Rural Revival: Report
The growth in demand seen in some rural pockets is driven by farm loan waivers and not by real increases in rural incomes and wages, indicating that the economy is still far from a full-blown rural revival, says a report.
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Opinion | Andhra Man's Suicide And The Menace Of Illegal Loan Apps
Loan apps are used heavily in rural and semi-rural areas, where formal banking systems are scarce. They target disadvantaged sections of society, that is, people with meagre incomes who are ineligible to obtain credit from established platforms.
-
Madhya Pradesh's Bizarre Currency Exchange Plot Involves Occultist, Djinn
The Crime Branch team seized the demonetised notes and promptly informed the Election Commission and the Income Tax Department. Their ongoing investigation aims to determine whether these notes were intended for distribution among villagers.
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Explained: What The Rajasthan Minimum Income Bill Guarantees
The bill guarantees 125 days of employment to both rural and urban families.
-
WhatsApp to Partner With More Indian Banks in Financial Inclusion Push
WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for lower income individuals, the messaging platform's country head said on Wednesday.
-
PM Modi Says Economic Reforms Will Boost Farmers' Income Amid Lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the third tranche of economic stimulus announced by his government will help rural economy and boost farmers' income.
-
Winners And Losers Of Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020
There's a lot riding on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's budget this fiscal year. Once the world's fastest-growing economy, India is now trying to restart economic growth that's dipped to an 11-year low.
-
Budget 2020: Government Committed To Doubling Farmers' Income By 2022
"Under Aspirational India programme, the first point is agriculture, irrigation and rural development. We are committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022," Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech in Lok Sabha.
-
Rising Food Inflation Makes Rural India Turn To Rotis, Watery Dal
Nazir, 70-year-old farmer from Naya Khera village in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, has cooked a meal of watered-down dal and rotis for dinner. "To make the dal tighter, I will need more dal. When we have less money, the dal will also be less," he says.
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Doubling Farmers' Income, Ram Temple: 10 Big Points From BJP's Manifesto
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's manifesto or Sankalp patra, a document promising good governance, security and prosperity of the country. BJP chief Amit Shah in his introductory message claimed that India is a "maha-shakti" now. During the period between 2004 and 2014, when UPA was in power, India had "slipped in the eyes of the wor...
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BJP Releases Manifesto, Promises Ram Mandir, Double Income For Farmers
The manifesto is expected to include schemes addressing rural distress, job creation and corruption. The release comes a day after Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley unveiled the campaign themes and other materials of the party's election campaign, with "Phir ek baar, Modi sarkar (Modi government, once more)" as the tag line.
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Kerala Woman Is First From Indigenous Tribes Of Wayanad To Crack IAS Exam
For 26-year-old Sreedhanya Suresh, the road to cracking the civil service exams wasn't easy. Her parents were daily wage workers and their only source of household income was the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.
-
In Race To The Finish, A Clash Of PM Modi's Kisan vs Rahul Gandhi's NYAY
In rural Uttar Pradesh, and elsewhere in the country, it's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Kisan" (farmer) versus Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's "NYAY" (justice), with voters weighing in on the Congress's Rs 72,000 a year income top-up promise for India's poor against the BJP's already implemented scheme of sending Rs 2,000 to the bank accounts of s...
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Manmohan Singh Critiques Budget, Says Farm, Tax Sops Will Impact Polls
Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh said the government's interim budget, presented todayby Union Minister Piyush Goyal, will have implications on the national elections due by May. The government presented a budget with big giveaways to the middle class, small farmers and the rural population in what is being seen as a critical test for Prime ...
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Manmohan Singh "Need Not Be Pessimistic", Arun Jaitley Hits Back
Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the ruling government's claim of doubling farmers' income by 2022, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the former prime minister "need not be pessimistic".
-
Farm Loan Waivers, Not Income Growth Behind Rural Revival: Report
The growth in demand seen in some rural pockets is driven by farm loan waivers and not by real increases in rural incomes and wages, indicating that the economy is still far from a full-blown rural revival, says a report.
