E-RUPI voucher could potentially be used as an alternative to DBT but the prospect is limited by mobile phone access in the country

The Oxfam report on inequalities in healthcare access in India across the socio-economic spectrum points towards an alarming situation

Regaining of strength by the Indian economy — reflected in improvements on various parameters — can be facilitated further through positive...

Financial institutions have been vital to the development of the nation and have diversified their operations in wake of new challenges

Various relief measures announced by the government are expected to support the pandemic-hit stressed sectors

Merger and privatisation of banks are being perceived as all-round solutions to the woes of the banking industry but the approach has its own...

Goa has come a long way in improving its economic situation in the 75th year of its independence from the exploitative clutches of Portugal

Declining number of cases could lead to increased economic activity and, if credit offtake picks up, RBI may consider rate cuts in coming months

Though the government has come up with provisions to relieve the hard-hit sectors including MSMEs, farmers and labourers; greater impetus is required

The economic downturn resulting from the second wave, and the mismanaged vaccination drive have left us with limited options

RBI’s measures to augment the dwindling MSME sector could be supplemented with loosening of NPA rules and temporary suspension of IBC

Although the second wave has emerged to be more fatal than the first, its economic impact would presumably be limited in comparison