Bhutan central bank’s desire to take cash digital could create opportunities for blockchain-based decentralised finance. It may leave people happier than they are now.
Survey says that while demonetisation brought digital payments into mainstream, GST enabled it further, but it is the Covid-19 pandemic that has really accelerated it.
Value of UPI transactions reached all-time high June as people feared handling banknotes amid the pandemic. Electronic fund transfers have also rebounded.
Modi govt's overnight, ill-conceived, egotistic decision that left lakhs of people jobless and paralysed India’s informal economy 3 yrs ago may just give some returns.
Sectoral insight report says while clean mobility transition is technically possible, India’s current transport system is not aligned towards the vision. It recommends a phased strategy.
By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.
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