-PTI SBI Chairman said there are around 90 crore debit cards in the country as against 3 crore credit cards, and pointed out to digital solutions like its own 'Yono' platform as the key for achieving a debit card-less country. Mumbai: If the largest lender SBI has its way, it may herald the beginning of the end of the ubiquitous debt cards from the banking system as the bank plans to promote...

-TheWire.in Instead, we should focus on why Population control efforts have mostly translated to controlling women's, and not men's, fertility. In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that the government considers Population explosion to be in the way of India’s development. This isn’t the first time in the history of independent India when a government has tried to control the Population. A similar fear led to the...

-The Hindu Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists demand maintenance of current Population status, rights over land With the revoking of the special status of Kashmir, Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists have made separate demands for domicile laws in the proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The reasons they cite include the need to maintain the current Population status, ensuring jobs for local people and the rights over land use. BJP State spokesman...

-Firstpost.com Is there a Population explosion as Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted in his Independence Day speech? India's Population grew by 17.64 percent between 2001 and 2011 to 1,210.9 million. This is faster than China’s 5.43 percent Population growth during the same period. But, the last decade was also the first time after 1911-21 when India added fewer numbers than the previous decade. India’s Population is increasing but at a slower pace. The...

-News18.com Hours after Narendra Modi tweeted about the issue of Population explosion, activists from the southern region highlighted the huge mismatch in Population growth between the north and the south. Bengaluru/ Trivandrum: India's southern states are quite perturbed by the call for a national ‘scheme’ to control Population explosion, an idea expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech last week. Their concern is, if there are any...