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‘Regional rural banks are critical to financial inclusion’

by admin|15 February 202315 February 2023|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer February 15, 2023 Did you know that regional rural banks, or RRBs, have 28.3 crore depositors and 2.6 crore borrowers? They were created to provide rural areas with basic banking services, and they also disburse pensions and NREGA...

Audio podcast: What farmers taught us about democracy and inclusiveness

by admin|27 November 202127 November 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer November 27, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Over the past seven years, as the juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party has rolled on, democracy...

Audio podcast: Govt wants to use AI, data to solve farm woes. Can it succeed?

by admin|02 October 202102 October 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer October 2, 2021 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. We are seeing the increasing use of data across industries – from engineering to aviation and healthcare to marketing. So why not agriculture? To...