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FinMin to implement ‘One State-One RRB’ soon to achieve better efficiency
As of 31 March 2024, 43 RRBs are operating through a network of...
World Health Day: India’s Strides In Public Health
As of April 6, 2025, e-Sanjeevani has served over 36 crore patients...
Vivek Joshi named new DFS secy, Alka Upadhyaya new road and transport secy
Vivek Joshi, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Vivek Joshi, will be the new secretary, Department of Financial Services, in place of Malhotra New Delhi: Registrar General of...
Govt must set moderate divestment targets, DIPAM Secy
High targets lead to a perception that the government will sell minority stakes in state-run companies, prompting a fall in share prices of such firms, Pandey said. New Delhi: The Indian government should focus on privatisation of state-run companies instead of...
Centre seeks waiver in key norm for IDBI Bank stake sale
Earlier this month, India invited bids for a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank -- which is 45.48% owned by the government and 49.24% by state-owned Life Insurance Corp (LIC) -- after dragging its feet for years New Delhi; The Indian government is in talks with the market...
Maharasthra Covid cases up; new Omicron subvariants BQ.1, XBB reported from state
On October 17, India detected its first case of Omicron's BQ.1 subvariant in a sample of a patient from Pune. The BQ.1 is a descendant of BA.5, which is behind the 60 per cent Covid cases in the United States (US), as per reports Mumbai: A meeting between Union Health...
India taking action against spamming, says FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Even in the newer data or digital-based kind of services, which are being extended to people like the account aggregator, there is a conscious attempt to make sure that the consent of the data owner is used and used for that...
Number of Indian poor people fell by about 415 mn between 2005-06 and 2019-21, a ‘historic change, says UN
"Despite tremendous gains, the ongoing task of ending poverty for the 228.9 million poor people in 2019/2021 is daunting — especially as the number has nearly certainly risen since the data were collected'' The number of poor people in India fell by about 415 million...
FPIs withdraw Rs 7,500 cr from Indian equities in Oct on rate hike concerns
This came following an outflow of over Rs 7,600 crore in September on the hawkish stance of the US Fed and the sharp depreciation in the rupee "Expectation of further and aggressive rate hikes by the US Fed, depreciating rupee, fears of a recession and continuation of...
PM to kickstart distribution of PMJAY-MA Yojana Ayushman cards in Gujarat
Prime Minister will kickstart the distribution of these cards, after which printed 50 lakh coloured Ayushman cards will be distributed to all the beneficiaries across Gujarat, at their doorstep, by National Health Authority empanelled agencies after doing e-KYC of...
99% of Indian villages have now a bank branch, banking outlet or a ‘banking mitra’ within 5 km radius: PM Modi
Narendra Modi,Prime Minister Today the number of branches per one lakh adult citizens in India is more than countries like Germany, China and South Africa”, he added The PM informed that fintech is at the heart of India's policies and efforts, and it is playing a key...
India ranks 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022, records highest child wasting rate
Undernourishment prevalence rose in India from 14.6 percent in 2018-2020 to 16.3 percent in 2019-2021. This translates into 224.3 million people in India being undernourished out of the total 828 million people globally New Delhi: India ranked 107 out of 121 countries...