India's push to offer banking for all stumbles on empty accounts
More than half of a record 160 million accounts opened in India as part of a drive to offer banking to all are still empty.
Jun 12, 2015, 09:31 AM IST
PM Modi launches Jan Dhan Yojana, aims to end financial untouchability
On the inaugural day, a record 1.5 crore bank accounts were opened across the country, the largest such exercise on a single day possibly anywhere in the world.
Aug 28, 2014, 22:45 PM IST
Banking for all to end "financial untouchability": Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised on Thursday to end "financial untouchability" with a scheme to ensure the majority of households in his country of nearly 1.3 billion people has a bank account within months.
Aug 28, 2014, 21:22 PM IST
