Cracking down on NBFCs disbursing small loans on the grounds they are charging usurious rates only pushes borrowers towards informal markets where rates are higher. Instead of removing barriers towards the flow of credit to the bottom of the pyramid, there are hurdles placed in the name of systemic stability when this risk can be tackled through other means
If the Ladki Bahin Yojana, that helped to curry favour with Maharashtra voters, is introduced to other states it will only add to India’s fiscal burden.
High in optics and but low in content, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to China this week sends signals of balancing India. For the past decade, China has been upping the ante in Kathmandu with close political tie-ups between the communist parties, promises for infrastructure projects, trade, tourism and others.
The second part of Ayushman Bharat is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 23rd September 2018.
India has been a dialogue partner of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) since 1992.
The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in assembly constituencies of state of Goa Bill, 2024 passed in Lok Sabha in August 2024.