RBI in its communication dated 31st August 2020 informed that it had announced special open market operations on August 25, 2020 and that it would continue to monitor evolving liquidity and market conditions and take measured steps for the orderly functioning of financial markets. We are aware that market sentiments were impacted by concerns relating […]
Keynote Address by Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India – Delivered at the Unlock BFSI 2.0 with Business Standard on Thursday, August 27, 2020, has been reported in RBI web site which is reproduced below: https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_SpeechesView.aspx?Id=1099 His speech will be analyzed in the following manner: How COVID 19 forced RBI to take timely […]
The National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 has the following goal: “The attainment of the highest possible level of health and wellbeing for all at all ages, through a preventive and promotive health care orientation in all developmental policies, and universal access to good quality health care services without anyone having to face financial hardship as […]
RBI informed us on 18th August 2020, that it has placed on its web site a framework for authorization of pan-India umbrella entity for retail payments which was released after due deliberations on the basis of comments/feedback received for its draft framework for authorization of pan-India umbrella entity for retail payments which was placed on […]
Reserve Bank of India vides its communication dated 18th August 2020 has placed in its web site a draft framework for the grant of recognition to an industry association as a Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) for Payment System Operators (PSOs). The SRO shall cover operators in all segments of payment systems and will be expected to […]
‘Technical Textiles is a high technology sunrise sector which has been steadily gaining ground in India. Technical textiles are functional fabrics that have applications across various industries including automobiles, civil engineering, and construction, agriculture, healthcare, industrial safety, personal protection, etc. Based on usage, there are 12 technical textile segments; Agrotech, Meditech, Buildtech, Mobiltech, Clothtech, Oekotech, […]
National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is the lead agency for implementing eNAM under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India. It is an old […]
Based on the review of progress made under the National Strategy for financial education 2013-18 and keeping in view the various developments that have taken place over the last 5 years, notably the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) in consultation with the four Financial Sector Regulators and […]
COVID 19, now named a pandemic, came as an unwanted visitor, merged with as many people as possible unknowingly and then tens of millions of the whole world including the whole ecosystem just succumbed to its pressure. But how many of us know the extraordinary steps taken by the tax administrators of various nations without […]
It is communication that revolutionized the Indian economy through the use of IT and other means. But interestingly, drones which started its role as a toy, a couple of decades ago, has emerged both as a successful proposition both in commerce and also in defense replacing millions of dollars’ worth airplanes, ships or other transport. […]
