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Namrata Acharya

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Why demand for banking correspondents has surged
Rediff.com26 Jun 2020

However, despite the surge, the average income of banking correspondents has taken a...

Why MFIs could end up losing Rs 1,500 cr
Rediff.com17 Jun 2020

Industry fears waiver of interest on interest would distort credit culture, may...

'We're well prepared to handle any surge in COVID-19 cases'
Rediff.com27 May 2020

'States have done a tremendous job of identifying health facilities for COVID-19 care...

Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays
Rediff.com11 May 2020

In Sandelerbil village alone in the Hingalgunj block in the Sundarbans, around 36...

Covid-19 leads to India's only quinine factory being revived
Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

Perched in the hills of Darjeeling, the factory was set up in 1874, but has remained...

These migrants are unwelcome guests in their own homes
Rediff.com30 Mar 2020

As the world awaits the end of the global pandemic, rural Bengal might be witnessing a...

Bandhan Bank keen on affordable housing loan
Rediff.com10 Dec 2019

Bandhan Bank is expecting that a little less than 50 per cent of its portfolio will be...

As chit fund cos go hi-tech, fintech firms see a gold mine
Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

Chit fund

PNB-UBI-OBC merger: Automated HR integration likely
Rediff.com29 Oct 2019

All transfers and promotions for next financial year will be decided by respective...

Banerjee-Duflo duo and Bandhan Bank's anti-poverty scheme
Rediff.com16 Oct 2019

According to a 2011 impact assessment study of the programme by Banerjee and Duflo,...

The big gainers under PM's agri insurance plan
Rediff.com29 Jul 2019

Under the PMFBY - introduced in 2016 - farmers have to pay a maximum of 2 per cent of...

How private insurance cos are making life difficult for LIC
Rediff.com28 Jun 2019

Private insurance firms say, over the past few years, they have been investing on...

Dole-outs failed TMC in Bengal
Rediff.com26 May 2019

Since much of the voting was on religious lines, Mamata's rural focus became irrelevant.

'We have been dying a silent death for six years'
Rediff.com3 May 2019

'Neither the Centre nor the state is helping us, rather they are coming up with new...

How NBFC-MFIs managed to raise 26,200 crore in securitisation deals in FY19
Rediff.com22 Apr 2019

One of the factors behind the rise in securitisation deals was State Bank of India's...

Why sale of stressed assets by banks off to a slow start this year
Rediff.com15 Apr 2019

Recently, CVC suggested that banks have a monitoring mechanism for bad loan sales to...

Why bankers are cold to Modi's Main Bhi Chowkidar campaign
Rediff.com27 Mar 2019

AIBOC in a letter to the Prime Minister, has said the government should not expect the...

'By 2022, India will need 20 million affordable houses'
Rediff.com1 Mar 2019

/We will stay away from corporate loans,' C S Ghosh, managing director and chief...

Why govt insurance firms posted such huge losses
Rediff.com24 Feb 2019

Multiple reasons accounted for the losses, including manpower crunch and lack of...

Bandhan finds that banking licence comes with challenges
Rediff.com3 Nov 2018

From zeroing in on the best means for stake dilution to moving beyond microfinance,...