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  • Times Network & AMFI’s nationwide investor awareness initiative, Jan Nivesh crosses one million pledges

    Times Network & AMFI’s nationwide investor awareness initiative, Jan Nivesh crosses one million pledges

    MUMBAI: Jan Nivesh, India’s largest investor education initiative, jointly conducted by Times Network and the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) crosses a milestone of   1 million pledges within just five months after its commencement. Guiding the citizens to a future ready financial path through investing in mutual funds, Jan Nivesh has been successful in spreading the message, ‘Aaj Ki Kamayi, Bhavishya Mein Kam Aayi’ through various campaign across a multitude of platforms.

    The investor awareness campaign commenced with a focus to reach out to the citizens across social-strata, age groups and different walks of life to educate, inspire and encourage them to change their financial habits to create wealth smartly by investing in Mutual Funds. During a short span of time, covering 50 cities with more than 100 on ground activations, Jan Nivesh experts have helped clear the doubts that people had towards mutual funds as an asset class and educated the people on investments.

    Commenting on the milestone, M K Anand, MD and CEO, Times Network said, “We are extremely happy that the programme has resulted in over 1 million people pledging to invest through Mutual Funds, a clear indication of the success of this initiative. We are proud to be associated with AMFI and playing a significant role in assisting Indians to plan their savings in a smart manner and aid in India’s economic growth in the long run. We believe this endeavor will help the common man ‘Rise with India’.”

    The pan India investor education initiative has covered an entire spectrum of people including college students, first-time jobbers, singles planning to get married, newlyweds, parents, as well as entrepreneurs, enlightening them on identifying and achieving their financial aspirations through well planned investments. Jan Nivesh has opened new avenues for people all over the nation, helping them get financially equipped and independent.

    Jan Nivesh has encouraged over a million people across age groups and social strata to take a pledge and invest at least a day’s income in mutual funds every month. You can also take part in this nationwide movement by giving a missed call on 1800 – 8333 – 666 or visiting www.jannivesh.in. For more information on mutual funds, do log on to www.mutualfundssahihai.com

  • Times Network elevates Nikunj Dalmia as managing editor of ET Now

    Times Network elevates Nikunj Dalmia as managing editor of ET Now

    MUMBAI: Times Network has elevated Nikunj Dalmia as managing editor of ET Now. He will succeed Sandeep Gurumurthi, who announced his decision to move on from his current responsibilities.

    In his new role, Dalmia will report to Times Network MD and CEO MK Anand and will lead all editorial decisions for the channel, head news programming, conceptualise shows in addition to his anchoring responsibilities – The Market, Closing Trades and Market Makers.

    Commenting on the development Times Network MD and CEO MK Anand said, “Sandeep has been an integral part of ET Now, right from its inception. We are grateful to him for his many contributions in making ET Now a front runner and the most coveted Business news channel in India. We wish him well in his future endeavor. We are also pleased to welcome Nikunj in his new role and I’m sure he will lead ET Now to greater glories.”

    Dalmia has over 20 years of experience. In his previous role as the executive editor – Financial Markets, ET Now has built a reputation of understanding the dynamics of the markets and has gained respect of the market voices and viewers alike. Dalmia is India’s most seasoned Business News anchor who has witnessed the journey of the SENSEX from 2800 to 36000.

    On his new role, ET Now managing editor, Nikunj Dalmia said, “I’m honored to take over the new responsibility and I’m thankful to Sandeep for his guidance and contribution to the success of the channel. I look forward to taking on this mantle and further the momentum of ‘Rise with India’.

    Sandeep Gurumurthi said, “I’ve cherished a decade long association with ET Now and I’m thankful to the Times Group, MK Anand and the fabulous team for their support in building a powerful brand. Under Nikunj’s leadership, I feel very confident that the channel and the company will continue to follow its aggressive growth path and achieve more success.”

  • NDTV’s Shouneel Charles joins Times Network as SVP – digital

    MUMBAI: Times is inducting senior executives one after the other. After Nikhil Gandhi, Times Network has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Shouneel Charles as its senior vice president – digital. Based out of Mumbai, he will report to Times Network MD & CEO M.K. Anand.

    Times Network recently appointed Nikhil Gandhi as president – revenue, whose key responsibility is growth of profitable monetisation of the entire bouquet of channels under the network. Earlier too, he was a part of the core team at Zoom during the launch of the channel.

    On Charles’s appointment, Anand said, “We look forward to scaling heights and claiming our rightful position as a strong Digital Media Company with this induction and other senior level interventions that we plan. Given his experience in digital media, marketing and advertising, we are confident that we will be able to better engage with the New Media market.’’

    Charles said, “Leading the digital practice at a network that is known for its unique campaigns and initiatives is a huge responsibility. The growing digitisation throws a huge opportunity for established brands like Times Network.”

    In his previous assignment, Charles was leading the digital business at NDTV Convergence as the chief sales & marketing officer and chief revenue officer. He helped the media company set up a digital ecosystem, profitable internet and mobile based business.

    With close to 20 years of experience, Shouneel Charles has previously worked for multi-national companies such as Yahoo, Turner Broadcasting, HBO, Warner Brothers, STAR TV and The American Express Bank.

    Also Read:

    Nikhil Gandhi joins Times Network as president – revenue

  • Goafest 2017 gets bigger and better

    GOA: Goafest 2017 is back, and even though the venue, Grand Hyatt Goa, is the same, the energy, enthusiasm and attendance broke all its past records.

    True to its tradition, the day started with the lighting of the inaugural lamp by AAAI India president Nakul Chopra, Times Network MD and CEO M K Anand, the Advertising Club president Raj Nayak, Awards Governing Council chairman Ramesh Narayan, Goafest Organising Committee chairman Ashish Bhasin, Zee Entertainment India new initiatives CEO chairman Piyush Sharma, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific SVP and GM Karan Bajaj, and Goafest Organising Committee co-chairman Nagesh Alai.

    Ashish Bhasin kicked it off by saying, “On behalf of AAAI and Ad Club, I can say that it’s our absolute privilege to host Goafest 2017 for such an esteemed audience. This year we promise to be different from all the other years. Of course, there will be the staple Sam Balsara in his classic shorts and the sight of seeing people run helter-skelter at the sight of Nakul Chopra, but there will be lots of new things.” He ended with a laugh.

    Nayak called out Goafest as the world’s largest advertising festival brought together by two industry bodies. “We are the only national awards that are not for profit, and we intend to keep making it better. Every professional in the country who has made a name for him/herself is made of Abbys.”, he declared.

    True that! No wonder Goa fest promises to be different this year, starting Day 1.

    A Digital World #GOAFEST2017:

    From Knowledge Seminars by Facebook to Digital Awards, to 200,000 digital interactions across social platforms, Goafest is going truly digital this year.

    A Greener World:

    From delegate badges made of recycled paper to efforts encouraging carpooling, to making people conscious about water wastage with strategically placed tanks to empty water bottles in; Goafest 2017 took a big leap towards being greener as well (in partnership with Nat Geo).

    Bajaj kicked off “Discovery Channel presents Industry Conclave” on the topic ‘Role of brands in changing India’. He put a spin on the topic by making it the ‘role of brands changing India’, with words that couldn’t have summarized the sessions to follow better. “The brands that we experience in this room have a deeper impact on our lives than we realise. I’m happy to be in a roomful of people who are impacting people and lives,” he said.

    The energy levels were up from the first session itself, when MobiKwik co-founder Upasana Taku, came on stage to talk about demonetization, the growth of digital payments and powering 55 million users and 1.4 million retailers in India. “Brands have played a role in transforming India. Consumer choice drives brands, and brands have the power to transform an entire country. 86% of India’s spending is cash. It’s a massive amount of money that moves in an unaccounted manner. I truly believe it’s the era of mobile wallets, and won’t deny that demonetization has sped up the journey,” she explained.

    While she spoke about how increasing digital transactions collectively provides a large opportunity in the fintech sectors, ITC Food Business divisional chairman Hemant Malik, also spoke about e-commerce and digitization, while acknowledging the evolution of Goafest. “We are the only carbon positive company in the world.” He also spoke about the shift from hierarchical collectivist culture to individualistic.

    He also acknowledged another brand- Patanjali, which he said to a roomful of laughter ‘had eaten into everybody’s business’. What else could have a better introduction to the next speaker, Patanjali CEO and MD Acharya Balkrishna. In his dhoti, kurta style his session started and ended with resounding applause, laughter and standing ovation. “If you learn to applaud yourself sometimes, the world will learn to applaud you.” True that!

    He ended with the message that truly summarized the ethos of day 1. “The nation is ours, the children are ours, the life is ours. We must take care of it ourselves. Always remember, for the world India is just a market place; for us it’s our home.”

    It was a great day for Make In India, and a greater day for Goafest. After a power-packed, standing ovation leading to the end of day 1 in a full house, Goafest day 1 proved that the number of delegates keeps increasing exponentially every year, and this year is no different.

    If day 1 was anything to go by, day 2 promises to be an even bigger blockbuster.

  • Taapsee endorses cashless economy campaign

    Taapsee endorses cashless economy campaign

    MUMBAI: While the entire nation was in a flux with the sudden announcement of demonetisation, Times Network, a part of India’s largest media conglomerate, The Times Group, was the only broadcast network that realized the need of the hour and initiated a nationwide campaign ‘Remonetise India’ to bring the economy back on track.

    As part of the initiative, Sahayata camps were organized in Mumbai to encourage people to get Pan Cards, Aadhaar Cards and open bank accounts (Jan Dhan Yojana Accounts) for the development of Digital India. Bollywood Actress Taapsee Pannu was seen promoting the initiative and educating the citizens to learn e-banking, go digital and cashless for the coming future. The camp received tremendous support and response from the common man who were seen taking the pledge of remonetisation, going digital and making India a less-cash economy.

    Times Network MD & CEO M K Anand said, “I think there is a lot of work remaining to bridge the Remonetisation gap. Urban India has started using less cash, but they will get back to their old habit if the entire system is not geared for a less cash way of life. The true benefits of Remonetisation will come only when we drag every activity into the formal economy. For that every Indian citizen needs to be empowered. Financial inclusion can happen only when all have bank accounts. The Remonetise India Sahayata Camps are our effort in this direction.”

    Pannu said, “The sudden decision by the government totally shook the nation and when Times approached me to be a part of this initiative I readily agreed, because I myself am a software engineer and going digital is the need of the hour. Remonetise India is such a novel concept by Times as normally you come across people only condemning the current scenario, but nobody taking a step to help overcome this situation.”

    As part of the initiative, the network first organized a telethon that invited speakers, opinion leaders and policy makers across all network channels to understand the way forward after demonetisation. Further Go Cashless bike rallies were organized to spread awareness about the need to go digital and save cash for those in rural areas who are cash dependent and don’t have an access to digital facilities. The entire campaign has received tremendous support from famous Bollywood celebrities, CEOs, political leaders as well as the common man, making this nationwide initiative a great success.

  • Taapsee endorses cashless economy campaign

    Taapsee endorses cashless economy campaign

    MUMBAI: While the entire nation was in a flux with the sudden announcement of demonetisation, Times Network, a part of India’s largest media conglomerate, The Times Group, was the only broadcast network that realized the need of the hour and initiated a nationwide campaign ‘Remonetise India’ to bring the economy back on track.

    As part of the initiative, Sahayata camps were organized in Mumbai to encourage people to get Pan Cards, Aadhaar Cards and open bank accounts (Jan Dhan Yojana Accounts) for the development of Digital India. Bollywood Actress Taapsee Pannu was seen promoting the initiative and educating the citizens to learn e-banking, go digital and cashless for the coming future. The camp received tremendous support and response from the common man who were seen taking the pledge of remonetisation, going digital and making India a less-cash economy.

    Times Network MD & CEO M K Anand said, “I think there is a lot of work remaining to bridge the Remonetisation gap. Urban India has started using less cash, but they will get back to their old habit if the entire system is not geared for a less cash way of life. The true benefits of Remonetisation will come only when we drag every activity into the formal economy. For that every Indian citizen needs to be empowered. Financial inclusion can happen only when all have bank accounts. The Remonetise India Sahayata Camps are our effort in this direction.”

    Pannu said, “The sudden decision by the government totally shook the nation and when Times approached me to be a part of this initiative I readily agreed, because I myself am a software engineer and going digital is the need of the hour. Remonetise India is such a novel concept by Times as normally you come across people only condemning the current scenario, but nobody taking a step to help overcome this situation.”

    As part of the initiative, the network first organized a telethon that invited speakers, opinion leaders and policy makers across all network channels to understand the way forward after demonetisation. Further Go Cashless bike rallies were organized to spread awareness about the need to go digital and save cash for those in rural areas who are cash dependent and don’t have an access to digital facilities. The entire campaign has received tremendous support from famous Bollywood celebrities, CEOs, political leaders as well as the common man, making this nationwide initiative a great success.

  • Unsponsored ‘Remonetise India’ simulcast on all Times channels without ads

    Unsponsored ‘Remonetise India’ simulcast on all Times channels without ads

    MUMBAI: Times Network, the broadcast arm of the Times Group initiated, ‘Remonetise India – A Citizen’s Pledge’, a nationwide crusader campaign, urging Indians to take the next step from demonetization and Pledge for Growth. Keeping the government’s vision in mind, Remonetise India is an initiative by Times Network which calls all the Citizens of India to come out and make a difference. Urging the citizens to be the change agent for the changes they want to see, and bring India’s economy back on track. Times Network conducted a live Telethon from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, across all channels of the network and connected viewers to Opinion and Policy makers, encouraged them to invest more and educated the them about moving to a digital and a less cash economy.

    The live telethon was set in motion & moderated by Faye Dsouza, Editor Magicbricks NOW & Anand Narasimhan, Sr. Anchor & Editorial Consultant at Times Now, and witnessed the participation from eminent personalities like Ravi Shankar Prasad (Union Minister for IT, Law & Justice), Nirmala Sitharaman (MoS (Independent Charge), Ministry of Commerce & Industry Minister for Commerce), Amitabh Kant (CEO of Niti Ayog), Narayana Murthy (Founder of Infosys), Deepak Parekh (Chairman of HDFC), Sunil Munjal (Joint – MD of Hero Corp), Kunal Bahal (CEO of Snap Deal), Abhiraj Bhal (Co Founder of Urban Clap) and famous author & and motivational speaker Chetan Bhagat. As these eminent personalities or panellist answered the viewers questions related too Remonetisation India.

    Prasad said, “Narendra Modi’s Government is a transformative Government. India is home to 50 crore internet and 30 crore mobile users. Penetration of mobile phones in rural areas is significant. Demonetisation has crippled terrorism and Maoism in the country. Indians have a passion for technology. India’s push towards digital payments has been remarkable. Digital India, Make in India, Skill India, Startup India are designed to make India an empowered society. India Digital economy is going to be a 1 trillion dollar economy in the coming 5 years.”

    Sitharaman said, “Demonetisation hasn’t had any significant impact on jobs recorded. Impact on jobs, if any, was only in the first 10 days of demonetisation. 87-90 per cent of our economy is a parallel economy and normalcy is getting restored, as all ATMs have been recalibrated. The PM has already announced sops for sectors that need help. We’re not talking of a completely cashless economy but only saying there should be less cash which is being used. Salute to those who are spreading awareness about digitisation.”

    Times Network MD & CEO M K Anand said, “This is the first time any Indian network has done a simulcast on all its channels, and that too unsponsored and without an ad break. I am extremely proud that I work for a network which can pursue such an audacious and worthy purpose.”

    Murthy said, “We still have a long journey to make India digital as all the infrastructure needs to be built up for the country to go totally digital. The number of micro ATMs in the country as well as ATMs is small compared to developed countries. If our banks can replace all the debit/credit cards with Aadhar link, it will become easier and help the country to go fully digital.’’

    Kant said, “We must ensure to convert informal economy to formal economy for growth because economy cannot grow rapidly when a parallel black economy exists. Printing, transport, storing cash and handling cash is an expensive proposition and thus a threefold strategy has been planned to reach out to the entire population for remonetisation. For people with smart-phones, Bhim App is a great enabler. In India we have taken a huge campaign mode initiative to embed every single account with Aadhaar. 40 crore accounts have Aadhar embedded into them and thus Aadhaar will enable India to technologically leapfrog in many ways and so the challenge for all of us is to spread this movement.”

    Parekh said, “Demonetisation has been a game changer and was a part of a bigger plan of the Government. It also ensured that smaller home developer’s got formalised. The Indian economy has been resilient to the change as anticipated earlier and needs to move forward from demonetization which was used to oust black money. Majority of the people continue to support this endeavor of the Government. The biggest advantage for homebuyers will be lower interest rates, transparency & no large cash payments and thus we also hope that many developers now move towards affordable homes.”

    Munjal said, “For an economy to become digital, reach is important and one must ensure infrastructure is present for this transition. From a company’s point of view, we need to find options to make payments. We also need to watch out for contemporary changes that are taking place across the world and encourage multiple ways of cashless transactions.”

    Bahal said, “Demonetisation has opened up lots of opportunities for us. We have seen a significant increase in cashless payments in smaller cities as about half of all payments are being done in a cashless manner.” “A large strata of the society is not banked. There are no extra or hidden charges if you are paying digitally because e-commerce firms are right now bearing transaction charges,” he added.

    Bhagat said, “Cash is a very convenient thing, but at the same time digital payments will come in. Cashless does not mean taking loans. Technology will help people get used to digital transactions. I urge Banks to give more incentives for debit/credit cards.”

    In support of the movement and as a part of its own contribution to the goals, Times Network will conduct several on-ground activities like Aadhaar camps, Investor camps and cashless festivals apart from a 360 degree campaign approach that will involve various channels of communication including on-air, digital and social media promotions & educating people about the advantages & benefits of a cash less economy and digital transactions.

  • Unsponsored ‘Remonetise India’ simulcast on all Times channels without ads

    Unsponsored ‘Remonetise India’ simulcast on all Times channels without ads

    MUMBAI: Times Network, the broadcast arm of the Times Group initiated, ‘Remonetise India – A Citizen’s Pledge’, a nationwide crusader campaign, urging Indians to take the next step from demonetization and Pledge for Growth. Keeping the government’s vision in mind, Remonetise India is an initiative by Times Network which calls all the Citizens of India to come out and make a difference. Urging the citizens to be the change agent for the changes they want to see, and bring India’s economy back on track. Times Network conducted a live Telethon from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, across all channels of the network and connected viewers to Opinion and Policy makers, encouraged them to invest more and educated the them about moving to a digital and a less cash economy.

    The live telethon was set in motion & moderated by Faye Dsouza, Editor Magicbricks NOW & Anand Narasimhan, Sr. Anchor & Editorial Consultant at Times Now, and witnessed the participation from eminent personalities like Ravi Shankar Prasad (Union Minister for IT, Law & Justice), Nirmala Sitharaman (MoS (Independent Charge), Ministry of Commerce & Industry Minister for Commerce), Amitabh Kant (CEO of Niti Ayog), Narayana Murthy (Founder of Infosys), Deepak Parekh (Chairman of HDFC), Sunil Munjal (Joint – MD of Hero Corp), Kunal Bahal (CEO of Snap Deal), Abhiraj Bhal (Co Founder of Urban Clap) and famous author & and motivational speaker Chetan Bhagat. As these eminent personalities or panellist answered the viewers questions related too Remonetisation India.

    Prasad said, “Narendra Modi’s Government is a transformative Government. India is home to 50 crore internet and 30 crore mobile users. Penetration of mobile phones in rural areas is significant. Demonetisation has crippled terrorism and Maoism in the country. Indians have a passion for technology. India’s push towards digital payments has been remarkable. Digital India, Make in India, Skill India, Startup India are designed to make India an empowered society. India Digital economy is going to be a 1 trillion dollar economy in the coming 5 years.”

    Sitharaman said, “Demonetisation hasn’t had any significant impact on jobs recorded. Impact on jobs, if any, was only in the first 10 days of demonetisation. 87-90 per cent of our economy is a parallel economy and normalcy is getting restored, as all ATMs have been recalibrated. The PM has already announced sops for sectors that need help. We’re not talking of a completely cashless economy but only saying there should be less cash which is being used. Salute to those who are spreading awareness about digitisation.”

    Times Network MD & CEO M K Anand said, “This is the first time any Indian network has done a simulcast on all its channels, and that too unsponsored and without an ad break. I am extremely proud that I work for a network which can pursue such an audacious and worthy purpose.”

    Murthy said, “We still have a long journey to make India digital as all the infrastructure needs to be built up for the country to go totally digital. The number of micro ATMs in the country as well as ATMs is small compared to developed countries. If our banks can replace all the debit/credit cards with Aadhar link, it will become easier and help the country to go fully digital.’’

    Kant said, “We must ensure to convert informal economy to formal economy for growth because economy cannot grow rapidly when a parallel black economy exists. Printing, transport, storing cash and handling cash is an expensive proposition and thus a threefold strategy has been planned to reach out to the entire population for remonetisation. For people with smart-phones, Bhim App is a great enabler. In India we have taken a huge campaign mode initiative to embed every single account with Aadhaar. 40 crore accounts have Aadhar embedded into them and thus Aadhaar will enable India to technologically leapfrog in many ways and so the challenge for all of us is to spread this movement.”

    Parekh said, “Demonetisation has been a game changer and was a part of a bigger plan of the Government. It also ensured that smaller home developer’s got formalised. The Indian economy has been resilient to the change as anticipated earlier and needs to move forward from demonetization which was used to oust black money. Majority of the people continue to support this endeavor of the Government. The biggest advantage for homebuyers will be lower interest rates, transparency & no large cash payments and thus we also hope that many developers now move towards affordable homes.”

    Munjal said, “For an economy to become digital, reach is important and one must ensure infrastructure is present for this transition. From a company’s point of view, we need to find options to make payments. We also need to watch out for contemporary changes that are taking place across the world and encourage multiple ways of cashless transactions.”

    Bahal said, “Demonetisation has opened up lots of opportunities for us. We have seen a significant increase in cashless payments in smaller cities as about half of all payments are being done in a cashless manner.” “A large strata of the society is not banked. There are no extra or hidden charges if you are paying digitally because e-commerce firms are right now bearing transaction charges,” he added.

    Bhagat said, “Cash is a very convenient thing, but at the same time digital payments will come in. Cashless does not mean taking loans. Technology will help people get used to digital transactions. I urge Banks to give more incentives for debit/credit cards.”

    In support of the movement and as a part of its own contribution to the goals, Times Network will conduct several on-ground activities like Aadhaar camps, Investor camps and cashless festivals apart from a 360 degree campaign approach that will involve various channels of communication including on-air, digital and social media promotions & educating people about the advantages & benefits of a cash less economy and digital transactions.

  • Times Network supports less-cash economy with ‘Remonetise India’

    Times Network supports less-cash economy with ‘Remonetise India’

    MUMBAI: Keeping in view the current economic revolution in India, Times Network has announced the launch of a nationwide initiative urging Indians to mark the next step forward from demonetization and pledge for growth – ‘Remonetise India’ at an event held in Delhi. The movement seeks to encourage people to spend, enable them digitally, use less-cash and work to partner in India’s growth.

    The movement was set in motion with a welcome address by Times Network MD and CEO M K Anand followed by a panel discussion hosted by ET Now News chief editor Supriya Shrinate and comprising of eminent panelist that included IDFC Bank MD and CEO Dr. Rajiv Lall, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava, Chairman, Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Centre for Policy Research senior fellow Dr. Rajiv Kumar.

    Anand said, “India is coming to terms with one of the most revolutionary economic reforms that has taken place in the history of this country. From standing in ATM queues to spending and investing back in the economy, the narrative of demonetisation needs to change from its current sentiment towards a movement that brings the economy back on track. We at Times Network take immense pride in announcing this nationwide initiative that will help educate our audience base of 10 crore Indians every month. The subject of the talk will be on how remonetisation and India’s transition to a digital less-cash economy can help India achieve significant growth, and how the citizens can contribute to the same.”

    Post the panel discussion, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Piyush Goyal, gave the key note address and unveiled the ‘Remonetise India’ logo after taking the pledge (enclosed below) in support of the movement. He said, “I would like to thank Times Network for taking up this cause and supporting the government in its move to Remonetise India. I urge the citizens of our country and various stakeholders to join this movement and support the government in its future endeavours.”

    In support of the movement and as a part of its own contribution to the goals, Times Network will conduct several on-ground activities like Aadhar camps, investor camps and cashless festivals apart from a robust degree campaign approach that will involve various channels of communication including on-air, digital and social media promotions.

    Campaign Manifesto:

    We pledge,

    To rise and protect,

    the world’s fastest growing economy.

    To stop doubting and start acting.

    We pledge,

    To spend now to revive demand, and India’s markets.

    To help workers keep their jobs,

    farmers sell their produce.

    We pledge,

    To teach and bring

    those around us into digitization.

    To help fellow citizens

    participate in our New Economy.

    We pledge,

    To use less cash,

    To make it available for those more needy in our villages,

    To bring more activities into the formal economy.

    We pledge to Remonetise India.

  • Times Network supports less-cash economy with ‘Remonetise India’

    Times Network supports less-cash economy with ‘Remonetise India’

    MUMBAI: Keeping in view the current economic revolution in India, Times Network has announced the launch of a nationwide initiative urging Indians to mark the next step forward from demonetization and pledge for growth – ‘Remonetise India’ at an event held in Delhi. The movement seeks to encourage people to spend, enable them digitally, use less-cash and work to partner in India’s growth.

    The movement was set in motion with a welcome address by Times Network MD and CEO M K Anand followed by a panel discussion hosted by ET Now News chief editor Supriya Shrinate and comprising of eminent panelist that included IDFC Bank MD and CEO Dr. Rajiv Lall, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava, Chairman, Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Centre for Policy Research senior fellow Dr. Rajiv Kumar.

    Anand said, “India is coming to terms with one of the most revolutionary economic reforms that has taken place in the history of this country. From standing in ATM queues to spending and investing back in the economy, the narrative of demonetisation needs to change from its current sentiment towards a movement that brings the economy back on track. We at Times Network take immense pride in announcing this nationwide initiative that will help educate our audience base of 10 crore Indians every month. The subject of the talk will be on how remonetisation and India’s transition to a digital less-cash economy can help India achieve significant growth, and how the citizens can contribute to the same.”

    Post the panel discussion, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Piyush Goyal, gave the key note address and unveiled the ‘Remonetise India’ logo after taking the pledge (enclosed below) in support of the movement. He said, “I would like to thank Times Network for taking up this cause and supporting the government in its move to Remonetise India. I urge the citizens of our country and various stakeholders to join this movement and support the government in its future endeavours.”

    In support of the movement and as a part of its own contribution to the goals, Times Network will conduct several on-ground activities like Aadhar camps, investor camps and cashless festivals apart from a robust degree campaign approach that will involve various channels of communication including on-air, digital and social media promotions.

    Campaign Manifesto:

    We pledge,

    To rise and protect,

    the world’s fastest growing economy.

    To stop doubting and start acting.

    We pledge,

    To spend now to revive demand, and India’s markets.

    To help workers keep their jobs,

    farmers sell their produce.

    We pledge,

    To teach and bring

    those around us into digitization.

    To help fellow citizens

    participate in our New Economy.

    We pledge,

    To use less cash,

    To make it available for those more needy in our villages,

    To bring more activities into the formal economy.

    We pledge to Remonetise India.