During his Independence Day speech on 15th August 2014, Prime Minister Modi announced the establishment of PMJDY as a scheme meant to increase banking penetration, promote financial inclusion and provide at least one bank account per household across the country in four years.

Vijayalakshmi Das once hand-held the microfinance institutions. Now, she is doing the same with farmer collectives and churning out women entrepreneurs.

Payments banks can only accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh per customer in a savings/current account.

Praseeda Kunam's Samhita Community helps poor women live a dignified life and offers them opportunity to work.

Cash savings as a percentage of gross national disposable income (GNDI) surged to 2.8% in the last fiscal, according to preliminary data released by the apex bank.

Ayushman Bharat Scheme will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families, providing cashless coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.

The yoga guru Baba Ramdev's company, which had recorded over 100 per cent growth rate about a year ago, has since witnessed a considerable dip in demand.

However, even before the scheme is launched on September 25, the birthday of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Deen Dayal Upadhyay, a number of fake websites have come up with the aim of cheating prospective beneficiaries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced in his Independence Day speech, the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan or PRAJAA scheme on September 25. The scheme aims to cover 40% of lowest income Indians or 10.7 cr Indian households. Watch BusinessToday.In video to understand all about Modi government's ambitious health scheme.

The Prime Minister mentioned some of the key policy decisions such as GST and Benami Law that were discussed for years but did not see the light of the day till his government came to power.  

Reliance Jio seems all set for an entry in the broadband, cable TV and direct-to-home markets, courtesy of its new venture, Jio GigaFiber. The registration for JioGigaFiber will start on August 15.

Adani Gas won rights to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households and industries in 13 cities on its own and another nine, including Allahabad, in joint venture with state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC).

There are several challenges before the companies before they can cash in the users coming from tier-3, 4, 5 and beyond in India. Especially, since they have not been able to monetise the overall current user base.

The new policy proposes to revamp the Industrial Policy of 1991, and has been billed as the first major overhaul in nearly three decades.

The consumer confidence survey was for the June round, and conducted in six metros - Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi and had 5268 responses.

The firm would decide on the stock split at the next board meeting, said Chairman Nusli Wadia during the company's annual general meeting (AGM).

An increase in use of sanitation equipments is expected to impact the toilet-related products and services market

US President Donald Trump, who ahead of Friday's release of the gross domestic product report had promoted the notion that second-quarter growth would be robust, declared victory.

A dairy farmer from Jaipur said that his earnings have increased by 30 per cent. Cow urine is in high demand from people who indulge in organic farming.

Prime Minister Modi says the Indian people would be pleasantly surprised to see the cow being given such an importance as a means of economic empowerment in villages in faraway Rwanda.