Govt. committed to #FinancialInclusion to all citizens. As on 6/1/21, #PMJDY accounts cross 41 Cr. and Zero Balance Accounts decline to 7.5% from 58% in March 2015. Clearly showing the use and adaption by every account holder, the Finance Ministry said

The Davos Agenda Summit will be held from January 25-29, with several heads of state scheduled to deliver special addresses and engage with business leaders

Australia and South Korea are the other countries that have been invited to attend the summit as guests

A total of 16,755 vaccinators participated in the vaccination process across India, the ministry added. Not a single case of hospitalisation post-vaccine administration has been reported yet

They said it is necessary that, for reasons of probity and adherence to standards of public accountability, the financial details of receipts and expenditures be made available in order to avoid doubts of wrongdoing

RBI has been trying to tighten regulatory norms on the sector since Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services, the largest nonbank financial company, went bankrupt in 2018, and Dewan Housing Finance Corp and Altico Capital defaulted on payments in 2019

In the first phase of the vaccination drive over 3 crores frontline healthcare workers are expected to be given the vaccine. They will receive either Covaxin or Covishield COVID-19 vaccines which were approved for emergency use earlier by the country's drug regulators

In the consent form for getting Covaxin vaccine, recipients have been promised that in case of any adverse situation following the administration of the vaccine and if it is determined that the vaccine was the cause then the recipients will be given compensation and medical

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\"We believe the farm bills do have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms in India,\" Gerry Rice, Director of Communications at IMF said

Key to the success of the pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive, scheduled to be launched by PM Narendra Modi on January 16, will be the cybersecurity framework India has readied, experts say

This will be the world's largest vaccination programme covering the entire length and breadth of the country and all preparations are in place to initiate the programme on the principles of 'Jan Bhagidari', the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement

The decision to procure the fleet was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said

PM Modi will virtually launch the pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday. On the same day, PM Modi will also officially launch the Co-WIN app

National Youth Parliament Festival: It is celebrated every year from January 12 to 16. January 12 is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and is also observed as National Youth Day

The Department of Telecom (DoT) also said that the process for spectrum allocation for 4G services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on pan-India basis, including Delhi and Mumbai, has been initiated and funds have been provisioned in FY2020-21

Billed as India's largest coastal defence exercise, it will involve all the 13 coastal states and Union Territories along with other maritime stakeholders, officials said

Swaminathan cites the example of Thailand which has been building a primary healthcare system for the last 30 years. In fact, the South Asian country had decided very early on that the primary healthcare investment will pay off in the long run