Year: 2021

India has around 89.5 crore people living in rural areas. The number of ATMs? 5%. According to an RBI data, out of 6 lakh villages in India, less than 30,000 villages have ATMs.To ensure financial inclusion to the last-mile consumers bereft of digital payments or even ATMs at the least, the Reserve Bank of India […]

While the coming of the vaccine is being eagerly awaited as an antidote to the pandemic, infrastructural challenges surrounding last mile delivery have been raising considerable concern. Over 150 nations had earlier joined the global COVAX scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance led by WHO said in September.But how can […]

With the sanctioned amount still below the planned target, the Government’s Rs 3-lakh crore collateral-free loan scheme for MSMEs that was to end on October 30, has been extended by one month. But since the scheme was announced in May, we now have greater clarity on its performance and shortcomings. According to the data uploaded […]

Digital financial services have seen a rapid growth since the demonetisation drive four years ago. Besides this, the Prime Minister’s flagship programme ‘Digital India’ boosted the entry of Fintechs and enablers like Aadhaar, Jan-Dhan, and mobile penetration have helped in large-scale adoption of digital payments. According to the latest NPCI data, the UPI registered 2.07 […]

At a virtual summit, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says focus should remain on helping the vulnerable population and that people must learn to live with social distancing. New Delhi: There’s no choice between lives and livelihoods as the two are interdependent and must be protected equally, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom […]

Sankalp was initiated in India in 2009 by Intellecap to create a thriving ecosystem for business-led solutions to achieve the UN SDG Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 across the Global South. Over the past 11 years, Sankalp has built one of the world’s largest impact enterprise focused platforms that has showcased and discovered 1,800+ entrepreneurs […]