Shillong: Meghalaya has 9.99 lakh Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts, equivalent to 42,152 accounts per lakh adult population, with the State Bank of India (SBI) alone accounting for 3.55 lakh accounts, representing 36% of the total PMJDY accounts in the state, a senior official said.Ejaz Ahmad, deputy general manager, SBI, Shillong, said, “…
Bhubaneswar: The Mission Shakti department will organise a statewide Subhadra Shakti Samavesh across all gram panchayats from June 21 to 30 to promote women’s empowerment and livelihood opportunities.Deputy CM Pravati Parida, who also holds the Mission Shakti portfolio, reviewed preparations for the event during a virtual meeting with district-level officials on Tuesday.The initiative aims to…
New Delhi: BJP functionaries, including party national president Nitin Nabin, Union minister J P Nadda and Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, offered prayers at temples to mark Narendra Modi’s record as the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of India.Modi on Wednesday completed an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days in office, surpassing the record of first Prime…
Ranchi: Banks in Jharkhand are eyeing to open 149 more branches during the 2026-27 fiscal year, besides setting up outlets and re-activating dormant banking correspondents (BCs) with the aim to expand their network in the state.During the recently held state-level bankers committee (SLBC) meeting, bank officers stressed on increasing the number of branches while pointing…
Bengaluru: Karnataka has recorded the steepest fall in spousal violence, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) fact-sheet, dropping from 44.4% to 14.1% of ever-married women reporting abuse between 2019-21 and 2023-24.The decline of over 30 percentage points dwarfs every other state. Nationally, India’s spousal violence rate fell from 29.2% to 22.3%. Karnataka topping…
Panaji: The percentage of women in Goa who own property, have access to the internet, and decide how to spend their earnings has increased significantly, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6. However, the burden of family planning continues to fall overwhelmingly on women, with an almost negligible proportion of men undergoing sterilisation.The survey…
Ahmedabad: More Gujarati women are stepping into paid work, managing their own finances, and taking a larger role in household decisions than ever before, according to the latest National Family Health Survey. Data from the recently published National Family Health Survey, (NFHS)-6, shows improvements across several indicators linked to women’s empowerment between 2019-21 and 2023-24….
The finance ministry on Friday asked public sector banks (PSBs) to adopt prudent expenditure and austerity measures at all levels while maintaining resilience amid evolving global uncertainties, even as it reviewed their record financial performance in FY26, PTI reported.Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju, while chairing a meeting to review the financial performance of PSBs, advised…
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India has set for itself a packed agenda for 2026-27 with a review of the RBI Act and major technology upgrades, including the rollout of the next-generation core banking system e-Kuber 3.0, development of an alternate payment system, and creation of a unified enterprise platform. It also plans to build an…
Jaipur: Rajasthan has intensified the implementation of Vibrant Village Programme-II to accelerate holistic development in 184 strategic border villages in five districts. The villages include 68 in Sriganganagar, 46 in Bikaner, 36 in Barmer, 30 in Jaisalmer and four in Phalodi.Under the programme, comprehensive development works related to road connectivity, health, education, electricity, television and…
