Response to the rescue package announced by Finance Minister on May 13th, 2020
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Response to the rescue package announced by Finance Minister on May 13th, 2020
Cash withdrawals through micro ATMs have surged in the wake of covid-related disruptions. But a considerable number of these transactions fail, thus worsening the pain of the vulnerable sections.
The goal cannot be eliminating all MSME failure as we simply don’t have the resources to provide that magnitude of a backstop.
Cash withdrawals through micro ATMs have surged in the wake of covid-related disruptions in the operations of banks and business correspondents. But a considerable number of these transactions fail, thus worsening the pain of the vulnerable sections.
The present government has set great store by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and entrepreneurship as engines of growth.
The delivery of government services through the public-private partnership (PPP) model has been a key plank of the government's development agenda.
Our society operates on the basis of trust. We use this trust every day. To build friendships, to buy and sell things, to vote, to claim protection and benefits from the State when they are due.
India's financial sector has been a gung-ho adopter of technology. But design of technology and finance have hardly reflected users’ lived realities.
It provides no guidelines to account for minimum consumption by households, despite Supreme Court rulings on this.
Information from individuals is often stated to be the fuel that will power our new digital economy. As India powers into the information age, a key issue facing policymakers is the regulation of the use of this personal information.
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