Rural Technology
Mumbai: The human teller machines are creating a revolution in rural India. A group of business corespondents with a laptop, wireless modem and fingerprint scanner open accounts, take deposits and process money transaction for the poor farmers and migrants in the state.
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Human ATMs take banking to rural India
Mumbai: The human teller machines are creating a revolution in rural India. A group of business corespondents with a laptop, wireless modem and fingerprint scanner open accounts, take deposits and process money transaction for the poor farmers and migrants in the state.
Mobile banking to soar in India: Report
New Delhi: The payments and banking transactions through mobile phones in India are expected to touch $350 billion (Rs. 15.65 lakh crore) by 2015, according to The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm.
NTPC to light up 118 villages in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will provide 14.32 MW power to 118 villages located within 5 km radius of its two plants at Kaniha and Talcher in Orissa.
Now, farmers get crop information on mobile phone
Mumbai: The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched a new service called ‘mKrishi’ to provide farmers, agriculture related information on their mobile phone.
Pune village gets smart cards
Pune: The inhabitants of Velu village in Pune get smart cards as a part of the financial inclusion plan by the Central Bank of India (CBI).
Grant lodge of India to electrify Varanasi villages
Varanasi: The Varanasi villages will soon be electrified with solar lights, thanks to the efforts taken by the Grand Lodge of India.
Pune village becomes self sufficient with green technology
Pune: Padarwadi village, 100 kilometres away from Pune will now have a rice mill to ease the farmers’ task. The remote village, which has not been electrified yet, will run the rice mill with the electricity generated from Pongamia seeds.
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