Senior officials of India and Bangladesh held discussions on ways to promote operations of border haats in Agartala, the commerce ministry today said.
It was discussed in the first meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Border Haats. These haats have positive impact on the livelihoods of the people living in areas adjoining the haats.
"Extensive discussions were held on issues related to review of operations of the four functional border haats and suggestions for improvement, timeline for setting up the six additional haats that had earlier been agreed to by both sides and the roadmap for further expansion," it said in a statement.
An MoU on Border Haats between India and Bangladesh was signed in April 2017 for establishment of a joint committee to review operations of these haats.
DSP BlackRock MF appoints Gopal Agarwal as Senior Fund Manager . DSP BlackRock Investment Managers today announced the appointment of Gopal Agrawal as senior fund manager as well as the head of macro strategy and he will be part of the equity investments team in Mumbai.
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Axis Mutual Fund inks pact with NISM
Axis Mutual Fund today said it has signed a pact with National Institute of Securities Management(NISM) to promote financial literacy in the country.
Under the pact, NISM has designed a ‘Financial literacy Certification Program & Mutual Fund Investor Awareness Program' targeting high-school students to promote the habit of savings, budgeting, financial planning and investing among the school students.
"This MoU envisages to conduct program in schools across the country with a special focus on district adopted for financial literacy by Axis Mutual Fund under the District Adoption Program (DAP).....Covering districts like Varanasi, Alleppey, Darjeeling, Hissar and Sambalpur," Axis MF said in a statement.