Redefining Governance Structure and Delivery Model through CSC

Redefining Governance Structure and Delivery Model through CSC: A Unique Initiative in India By Dr. Dinesh K. Tyagi, CEO-CSC SPV The Government of India has recently announced two new schemes ? PM KisanSamman and Prime Minister Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PMSYM). Both these schemes have opened up new business opportunities for CSCs across the country. Beside […]

Current Policy Issues Facing the Indian Economy

By Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India Indian economy has witnessed an accelerated pace of domestic reforms in recent years. These reforms include, inter alia, the flexible inflation-targeting monetary policy framework, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and steps for enhancing foreign investments by liberalising the FDI regime […]

Top 10 Data and Analytics Technology Trends for 2019

Top 10 Data and Analytics Technology Trends for 2019

By Gartner Augmented analytics, continuous intelligence and explainable artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top trends in data and analytics technology that have significant disruptive potential over the next three to five years, according to Gartner, Inc. Speaking at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney today, Rita Sallam, research vice president at Gartner, […]

Reaching the Unbanked and Underbanked: Going Mobile

20 May, 2018; New Delhi Look and you’ll see an exciting landscape emerging in the banking arena. One where there is a billion-strong market actively seeking financial services but remains largely unattended to. These globally distributed prospective customers represent enormous earning potential for banks, but constitute the unbanked. The unbanked are those who do not […]

Payment Revolution: Preparing for Participation

By R. Gandhi, Deputy Governor , RBI We have been focusing our attention on developing the payment systems in the country for the past thirty five years, starting from the computerization of clearing houses way back in early 1980s. Thanks to all these years? efforts, today we have a vibrant, innovating, efficient and secured payment […]

India needs to address the challenges of agriculture through ICT

ICTpost Governance Bureau Agriculture has been a way of life and continues to be the single most important livelihood of the masses. Agricultural policy focus in India across decades has been on self-sufficiency and self-reliance in foodgrains production. The share of agriculture in real GDP has fallen given its lower growth rate relative to industry […]

Invest in girls’ education to break cycle of poverty

PTI NEW DELHI: Investing in education of girls, especially the most marginalized, is required to make progress on most social indicators in India, according to UNICEF. To mark the International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF organized a meeting with top Urdu editors in the capital. Speaking at the event, Urmila Sarkar, chief of education […]

IT Enabled Applications For Transparency in Indian Railways

ICTpost News Network New Delhi: June 4, 2017 Railways have introduced several IT enabled applications to bring transparency on the sidelines of Digital India initiative. The details and benefits accruing to passengers are as under: – 1. Computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) This system helps in computerised booking of reserved accommodation on trains in a […]