Ministry of Finance Year Ender 2024: Department of Financial Services

Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance organized a colloquium of Chairpersons of Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRATs) and Presiding Officers of Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs). Various key initiatives taken by the Department highlighted at the colloquium, such as adoption of revised DRT Regulations, mandatory e-filing, among others. The Department of Financial Services (DFS), […]

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Why India needs a homegrown AI model for its MSME sector

India’s MSME ecosystem has unique features that call for a customized approach. There is a growing consensus that India must develop its own basic AI model to address local challenges and opportunities. By Ateesh Singh: Adoption of digital tools and processes has created a significant impact on the MSME sector, transforming how businesses operate and thrive. This […]

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FM, Sitharaman lauds fintechs for boosting digital infrastructure, empowering small businesses and welfare delivery

Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman praised India’s fintech sector for enhancing digital public infrastructure and enabling inclusive financial services for merchants and MSMEs. During a visit to Pine Labs in Noida, she reviewed fintech innovations and interacted with beneficiaries of digital initiatives. She highlighted how DPI, including direct benefit transfers has transformed service delivery and empowered […]

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India needs entrepreneurship 2.0 with risk-taking, visionary founders

India, in fact, was a major exporter to West Asia, where two large empires – the Safavid and the Ottoman – provided a lucrative marketing area. The entrepreneurship that India requires must have two key characteristics. First, it must be willing to be innovative in the sense that it takes on new products and processes […]

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