In recent years financial inclusion has been given top priority as financial development and economic growth are interdependent. Women constitute almost half of country's population and their work participation is also increasing and diversifying and impacting her family, neighbourhood and the...

In India there are healthy signs of transformation in agriculture and allied activities. Visible improvement has come about through adoption of management practices through on-farm and off-farm operations in this sector. Agri-business has evolved out of the new input-output matrix. Agriprenuers...

The recent policy of allowing 100% FDI in multi-brand retail has generated political feuds with lot of “ifs and buts” rather than proper economic debates. The proposed policy is primarily an economic one and hence likely to affect significantly the national economy. This paper, therefore,...

Financial inclusion is an agenda of planning for development. India accepted this as a way of achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and incorporated it in the Approach Paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). Now with NITI Aayog and Sustainable Development Goals...

“If the poverty of the poor be caused not by laws, but by our institutions, great is our sin”, wrote Charles Darwin. Bank as an institution, especially a rural bank in India has always been considered as a ‘Messiah' in the national agenda of poverty eradication. This national assignment...

"Demonetization" is a multi-dimensional phenomenon with far reaching impact on all sections of the society just like a budget i.e. impact on home-makers and households, on taxpayers, savers and investors, on farmers and industrialists, on hoarders and tax evaders and so on. When India adopted...

The present century is an era of fast growing cities. While the big cities are the centres of brisk trade and voluminous business, they are also becoming the homes for the poorest. Urban poverty makes women the main victims of discrimination and alienation. Women not only encounter the harsh...

While there is a strong feeling around that globalisation is tapering there are also serious concerns about continuing marginalisation of sections of population in India. Millennium Development Goals, Human Rights Advocacy, Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Growth have, therefore, become watch...