Labourers in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura are paid lowest wages; Kerala tops the list: RBI
Of the 20 states and Union territories assessed, only 10 pay above the national average
Municipal expenditure declined from 2012 to 2018: RBI report
Report finds mismatch between functions & finances of ULBs
Andhra Pradesh announces Rs 43,000 crore loan waiver
Decision taken in spite of state facing financial crisis
In the name of the farmer
100,000 Maharashtra farmers may not get loan to sow kharif crop
Reserve Bank of India refuses to bail out three district cooperative banks
MGNREGA impact on food inflation is very limited, says RBI study
There are other factors for food price inflation, says the study commissioned in the wake of persistent double digit food price inflation between …
Green bonds, banks can boost India’s clean energy market
India needs Rs 17.5 trillion to finance clean energy projects in order to ramp up its capacity to 160 GW by 2022
NPAs at Indian banks may rise to 8.6% of loans by March: RBI
NPAs had jumped to 7.6% in March 2016 from 5.1 per cent six months ago. This is because top borrowers are accounting for more and more bad loans.
Environmental & social responsibility of financial institutions must go beyond green initiatives
Most Indian banks and financial institutions do not have any environmental and social safeguard mechanisms
UP Assembly polls 2022: Why state’s ‘jobless growth’ decade will be a headache for new government
Trends over the decade indicate that the pace of economic growth is slow and not sufficient if UP wants to achieve the goal of becoming a trillion-…
COVID-19: What about housing for poor?
Union government’s housing scheme tragets derailed; low-income house buyers face increasingly volatile financial markets
Financial inclusion: some suggestions
What the Modi government needs to achieve a 100 per cent success to provide every Indian access to formal financial services
Fuel, power costs in India rose five times faster than overall consumer prices from January 2021-August 2022: RBI
Urban households in Delhi spent at least Rs 4,100 more in 2022 compared to 2021 on fuel and electricity
India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report
Yes Bank emerged as leader in climate-risk preparedness; State Bank of India most exposed to coal sector
MGNREGA causing labour crisis: RBI
Rural households in six states said they prefer working under MGNREGA rather than traditional labour, leading to an agricultural labour crisis
MSP on crops has major impact on inflation: RBI
After government said that it will provide 1.5 times the MSP on cost of production of crops in the 2018-19 Union budget, RBI re-assessed the …
Maharashtra DCCBs bailed out, finally
But with banking applications already rejected, RBI will need time to set the banks rolling
RBI rejects Andhra's request for farm loan reschedule
Apex bank finds no reason to waive farm loans or loan restructuring after independent verification of the state's official data on farm yields
Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies
Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers
HC gives temporary reprieve to three Maharashtra DCCBs facing liquidation
These banks being key pillar of the farm lending sector, 100,000 farmers may be affected this year