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    India Achieves Near-Universal Banking Access with 99.92% Village Coverage

    India Achieves Near-Universal Banking Access with 99.92% Village Coverage Banking Outlets Reach Almost All Inhabited Villages New Delhi, March 30: Nearly 99.92 percent of inhabited villages across India now have access to a banking outlet within a five kilometre radius, the Parliament was...
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    NABARD Projects Rs 3.7 Trillion Credit for Arunachal Pradesh

    NABARD Projects Rs 3,723.49 Crore in Priority-Sector Credit for Arunachal Pradesh ITANAGAR, March 30 – The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has released the State Focus Paper (SFP) 2026-27 for Arunachal Pradesh, projecting a potential of Rs 3,723.49 crore in...
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    Expanding Mutual Fund Access: Sebi's New Investment Route

    SEBI Proposes Gift Cards for Mutual Fund Investments to Boost Financial Inclusion New Delhi, March 25: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed the introduction of gift cards or gift prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) for investing in mutual funds, aiming to widen investor...
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    Digital Lending Expansion and Portfolio Quality Improve

    Digital NBFCs Drive Financial Inclusion with 9.9 Crore Loans in FY26, Says FACE Report Digital Personal Loans Dominate Volume Growth in India’s Credit Market New Delhi, March 24: Digital non-banking finance companies have significantly expanded access to formal credit in India, sanctioning...
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    Over 3 Crore Women Become Lakhpati Didis, Transforming Rural India

    Financial Access Empowering Women Across India, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman on International Women’s Day Women Gaining Independence Through Financial Inclusion New Delhi, March 8: As India marks International Women’s Day on Sunday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that expanding...
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    Bharti Airtel to Invest ₹20,000 Crore to Expand Digital Lending via Airtel Money NBFC

    Mumbai, February 23: Bharti Airtel on Monday announced plans to invest ₹20,000 crore over the next few years to scale up its digital lending operations through its Non Banking Financial Company subsidiary, Airtel Money Limited.The capital infusion signals a major push by the telecom major into...
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    India AI Impact Summit 2026: Sovereign AI to Drive Inclusive Growth and National Control Over AI Systems

    Sovereign AI to Shape Design, Deployment and Governance in India New Delhi, February 17: Sovereignty in artificial intelligence will enable India to control how AI systems are designed, deployed and governed, with a focus on solving critical challenges in healthcare, education, agriculture and...
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    BLS E-Services to Acquire Atyati Technologies for ₹154 Crore in All-Cash Deal

    Transaction to Be Completed by March 31, 2026 New Delhi, February 16: BLS E-Services announced on Monday that it will acquire a 100 percent stake in Atyati Technologies for ₹154 crore in a fully cash transaction.According to a regulatory filing, the acquisition is based on the equity value of...
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    Viksit Bharat 2047: Financial Institutions Key to Achieving Goals

    New Delhi, February 15 – M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), has emphasized the need to improve the Credit-GDP ratio – making our financial institutions more agile and exploring new ways of financing on a larger scale in line with the goals of Viksit Bharat (Developed...
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