The Hindu Editorial (Post office solutions) – Sep 08, 2018

Amidst some fanfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a financial service provider that will operate under the country’s age-old postal department. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Post office solutions) – Sep 08, 2018.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Post office solutions) – Sep 08, 2018:

1. hasten (verb) – speed up, accelerate, expedite.
2. financial inclusion (noun) – it means that individuals and businesses have access to useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs – transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance – delivered in a responsible and sustainable way.  (Courtesy: The World Bank).
3. amidst (preposition) – amid, in the middle of; during.
4. fanfare (noun) – publicity, media attention, display/showiness.
5. age-old (adjective) – long-established, long-standing, historic/traditional.
6. rationale (noun) – reason/basis; principle.
7. remittance (noun) – transfer of funds, transfer of money.
8. unorganised sector (noun) – unorganized sector means an enterprise owned by individuals or self-employed workers and engaged in the production or sale of goods or providing service of any kind whatsoever, and where the enterprise employs workers, the number of such workers is less than ten (Courtesy: Ministry of Labour and Employment, India).
9. reinvigorate (verb) – re-energize, fortify, strengthen.
10. standalone (adjective) – separate, unconnected, self-contained.
11. odds (noun) – (difficult/tough) probability, chances, conditions.
12. be stacked against (verb) – unfavourable, disadvantageous, adverse.
13. set something on fire (phrase) – ignite, incendiary, set alight.
14. stay away from (phrasal verb) –  evade, avoid, dodge.
15. idle (adjective) – inactive, unused, unoccupied.
16. securities (noun) – investments, bonds, shares/equities.
17. nimble (adjective) – quick, active/fast, quick-thinking/skilful.
18. behemoth (noun) – a large and powerful organization.
19. come under (phrasal verb) – be subjected to.
20. usher in (verb) – start, initiate, inaugurate.

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