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Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion: Opportunities and Challenges
Imagine this: A woman in a rural village, miles away from the nearest bank, opens her first savings account, not by visiting a branch, but through a simple conversation with an AI-powered assistant in her local language. This isn’t science fiction; it’s happening...
TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE
INTRODUCTION While tax is considered one of the major sources of revenue for the governments across the world, it is often looked upon as a huge burden by the consumers and business/ corporate owners. Taxes can broadly be classified as Direct and Indirect Taxes. One...
INDIA’S FINTECH BOOM: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Innovation in the Digital Payments Landscape
AUTHORS: Ananya Arora, Shivya Narula & Unnati Bhardwaj INTRODUCTION Until 2016, it was common for brides in Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, to leave shops like Arora Enterprises with stunning lehengas, while shop owners like Vishal worried about the bundles of cash...
The Golden Economy: India’s Love-Hate Relationship with Gold
Echoes of Gold: India's Legacy Overview of India's Historical and Cultural Connection with Gold: Gold has been a part of India's cultural and economic fabric since ancient times. The Vedas associate gold with wealth, power, and spiritual illumination. During the Gupta...
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology: A Financial Revolution or a Speculative Bubble?
Introduction Since its creation and release in 2009 by an anonymous computer programmer or group of programmers known as Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin, the first crypto currency, has remained the most valuable and widely recognized digital asset. In 1983 American...
The New Silk Route? Decoding the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC)
INTRODUCTION “Nothing less than historic” “The basis of world trade for years to come” The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)- a grand connectivity project linking India to Europe via the Gulf was announced at the September 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi,...