“There is untapped business opportunity in reaching out to the unreached. The aim should be to be connecting with the people, understanding their needs and providing basic banking facilities as per their requirements by leveraging their strengths and expertise. With the arrival of banking technology and realisation that poor are bankable, financial inclusion initiatives will strengthen banking activities further and provide resources to the banks to expand credit delivery. The banking technology initiatives meant for financial inclusion should be collaborative and innovative with an objective to reducing the transaction costs.”...more

Having served his last day in office as RTE’s national coordinator on March 31, the day the deadline for implementing various RTE norms got over, Dhir Jhingran talks about what’s working, and what’s not, at the national commission for protection of child rights...more

In talks: Brian Moran, global managing director of Accenture’s Public Service Operations & Management Industry...more

In conversation with Howard White, economist and director of 3ie...more