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Holds public outreach programme at Sunjwan-Barmini JAMMU: Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana, Monday held a public outreach programme in the Sunjwan-Barmini area of Jammu district to listen to public grievances and assess the difficulties faced by the residents, particularly families affected by the land-sinking incident. Accompanied by senior JKNC leaders Abdul Gani Teli, Vijay Lochan, Shamma Akhter and others, the Minister interacted with the affected families, heard their concerns and reviewed the challenges they continue to face following the incident. The land-sinking incident in the Sunjwan area in August 2026 reportedly damaged 15 houses and displaced dozens of families, forcing them to relocate to safer places. The incident severely...

New Delhi: The Government’s Chief Economic Adviser, V. Anantha Nageswaran, on Monday said that financial inclusion is not a peripheral objective but lies at the core of central banking. In his address at the RBI Samvad 2026 event here, the CEA, drawing on India's experience, observed that access to finance need not necessarily follow income growth, but rather financial inclusion could lead to rising incomes and economic opportunities. The panel discussion on financial inclusion brought together central bank governors from Zimbabwe and Guyana, a board member from the Central Bank of Paraguay, and experts from the OECD and the World Bank, while the context setting was done by the Central Bank of Kenya's Deputy Governor,...