Tag: Inclusion
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Finance Ministry’s Response on DA Inclusion in Basic Pay Under 8th Pay Commission
8th Pay Commission: As the central government employees await the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, the Finance Ministry recently clarified whether dearness allowance or dearness relief (DA/DR) will be merged with basic pay under the new commission. Earlier this year, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the Centre had approved the implementation of the…
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Transforming Financial Inclusion: The Impact of Jan Dhan Yojana in India
News Desk 07 December 2025, 03:04 PM IST India’s financial inclusion drive hits a milestone as Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts collectively hold ₹2.75 lakh crore. DFS highlights deeper banking penetration through PMJDY, DBT and upcoming digital reforms. Representational Image New Delhi: India’s financial inclusion programme has marked a major landmark, with Pradhan Mantri…
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Duke Secures ACC Title: Manny Diaz Advocates for CFP Inclusion
Dec. 7, 2025, 12:32 a.m. ET Duke has won the ACC championship and thrown the College Football Playoff picture into chaos. Its coach believes the Blue Devils should be in the bracket. By beating Virginia on Saturday, Dec. 6, Duke has opened up the final automatic bid. Typically, it would make sense for the ACC…
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Insights on Financial Inclusion: Highlights from ASCI Day
Hyderabad: The country’s push to deepen financial inclusion and strengthen digital public infrastructure framed the discussions at the Foundation Day lecture delivered at the Administrative Staff College of India during its sixty ninth anniversary event in Hyderabad on Saturday. The lecture, ‘India’s Financial Inclusion Journey’, was delivered virtually by M Nagaraju, secretary in the Union…
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Advancing Financial Inclusion: India’s Next Steps
Hyderabad: The country’s push to deepen financial inclusion and strengthen digital public infrastructure framed the discussions at the Foundation Day lecture delivered at the Administrative Staff College of India during its sixty ninth anniversary event in Hyderabad on Saturday. The lecture, ‘India’s Financial Inclusion Journey’, was delivered virtually by M Nagaraju, secretary in the Union…
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Financial Inclusion: Key to India’s Transformation – Nagaraju Maddirala
Hyderabad: India’s push for financial inclusion has emerged as a defining pillar of its economic and social transformation, said Nagaraju Maddirala, secretary, department of financial services, ministry of finance, on Saturday. Speaking at the 69th Foundation Day of the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) in Hyderabad, he said the expansion of formal financial services…
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India Poised for $5 Trillion Economy Boosted by Financial Inclusion: Insights from DFS Secretary
India is steadily moving towards becoming a $5 trillion economy, driven by strong fundamentals, infrastructure‑led growth and resilient supply chains, M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, has said. The last decade has been transformative, and initiatives like Jan Dhan and DPI have expanded financial inclusion from 21 per cent in 2008 to over 80…
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Innovation Through Inclusion: Transforming Finance
Credit: Carlos Reyes Author: Alejandro Valenzuela, Chairman, Banco Azteca and Azteca Servicios Financieros In global finance, the word ‘innovation’ often evokes digital platforms, premium services or algorithmic models. Yet the most transformative advances in banking are not technological in isolation. They are structural: designing products, processes and systems that expand access, resilience and trust. This…