A case for mobile-based micro banks in urban areas

Today is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday--or Gandhi Jayanti, as the day is known here in India. While most know Gandhiji as the pioneer of satyagraha (resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience) that was founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence, he was also a good economist. He believed in the principles..... Read more »

Tags: Mahatma Gandhi, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, A Little World, mobile-based micro-banks, biometrics, mobile banking, NREGA, Sita, New Delhi, ID Card

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Swati Prasad

Swati Prasad is a New Delhi-based freelance business journalist. Over the last 15 years, Swati has worked in both Delhi and Mumbai as a correspondent and editor for India’s leading publications, such as The Economic Times, Business Standard and Business Today. As a freelance journalist, she regularly writes on technology, economy and corporate issues.