Jan Dhan Account

Basic income scheme is more efficient way of delivering welfare to poor: Do BJP and Congress have resolve to implement it?

Even if the BJP comes up with a counter scheme, it is not likely to be universal; forget the financing part, it is just not good political optics.

Fact-checking Narendra Modi: 13 of prime minister’s 16 claims on govt schemes true or partly true, 3 false

Narendra Modi at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit he defended his term so far by listing out the steps he had taken towards a “systemic overhaul"

Narendra Modi at IIT Gandhinagar: PM asserts India cannot afford to have 'digital divide'

Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that the country cannot afford to have a 'digital divide' and called for bridging this gap to ensure social equality.

Banks to charge on cash withdrawal and deposits not fair, RBI should step in

When a bank sinks, the concern is that deposit holders are affected and not the shareholders. The bank is never put in the dock when bad lending decisions are taken and NPAs increase

Demonetisation: Woman finds Rs 100 crore in Jan Dhan account, seeks PMO intervention

Shocked to find nearly Rs 100 crore in her Jan Dhan account in a Meerut branch of a state-run bank, a woman on Monday sought the PMO's intervention after the bank officials did not attend to her complaint and kept asking her to come some other time.

Demonetisation impact: Will the crackdown stop once cash flow eases?

Barring the first few days after the 8 November demonetisation announcement, newspapers, television channels and online portals have been carrying headlines on unaccounted cash almost every single day.

A Punjab taxi driver got Rs 9,806 cr in his Jan Dhan account - just for a day

The bank is yet to come up with a convincing explanation for the freak transaction

Demonetisation: Govt cautions Jan Dhan holders against misuse of their bank accounts

Demonetisation: Government issues a directive to Jan Dhan account holders to not let black money horders deposit in their accounts for evading taxes