Loyalty card reward programmes have been singled out by PwC economists as one of the top five drivers of blockchain technology over the next decade. They expect blockchain to breathe new life into traditional, card-based loyalty and reward programmes, generating some US $54 billion for the global economy by 2030. It’s quite a moment for the collection of humble plastic …

The hue and cry last year over the ToR with regard to use of 2011 population, prompted PM Modi to announce that the Centre has suggested to the commission to “consider incentivising the states who have worked on population control.” The 15th Finance Commission (FC) may assign a lower weight to ‘population’ than 17.5% by the previous FC while giving …