E-green watch and Decision Support System (DSS) are recent initiatives of the Forest Survey of India. E-green watch: E-Green Watch is an integrated & online Geographic Information System (GIS) that will monitor the regeneration […]

National Forest Inventory (NFI) is an important periodical activity of Forest Survey of India and is an important parameter to determine the reference level of the forest, carbon stock and calculation of […]

FACILITATING FINANCIAL INCLUSION Source: YOJANA – January 2018 Authors: Charan Singh and Shivakumara Reddy K Financial inclusion is a process of ensuring access to appropriate financial products and services needed by all […]

MISSION INDRADHANUSH: REVAMPING OF PUBLIC SECTOR BANKING IN INDIA Source: YOJANA – January 2018 Author: D S Malik Public Sector Banks (PSBs) play a vital role in the Indian Economy. However, due […]

DEALING WITH HIJACKING Author: Krishnadas Rajagopal Read the full article here. The hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999 and the 9/11 attacks in the U.S., in which aircraft were used as […]

RURAL BANKING: TRANSLATING VISION TO REALITY Source: YOJANA – January 2018 Author: Manjula Wadhwa Mahatma Gandhi said that ‘India lives in villages’ and therefore, rural development in imperative for the overall development […]

Source: NABARD Based on the observations of various research studies and an action research project carried out by National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the model of Self Help Group-Bank Linkage […]

Source: Reserve Bank of India Master Circular. Reserve Bank of India has introduced special credit cards known as General Credit Cards, which are issued to specific category of rural / semi-urban people for […]

Source: Reserve Bank of India Master Circular. The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 for issue of Kisan Credit Cards to farmers on the basis of their holdings for uniform […]

THE LINGAYAT SECT: WHY HINDU AND WHY NOT HINDU? Author: Adrija Roychowdhury (Headnote: Lingayats emerged as a reactionary force against Hinduism in the twelfth century Karnataka; rejected most and assimilated some aspects […]