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Indian mobile-phone company, Bharti-Airtel, has projected rapid growth in sales of its satellite TVs in rural India. It hopes to leverage its...

Japanese companies are beginning to have more of a focus on people within lower income levels in emerging markets. Recently, Japanese company,...

U.S. Fortune 500 consumer goods company, Proctor & Gamble Co., has started production and distribution of The Gillete Guard, a low-cost razor,...

A new initiative aimed at helping to connect rural Indian artisans with an actual market for their products has recently attracted more...

Mansukh Jagani, from Gujarat was named one of India’s seven most powerful rural Indians by Boston-based Forbes magazine. Jagani first developed the...

BBC photographs depict how Indian non-profit International Development Enterprises (IDEI) distributes affordable, eco-friendly irrigation equipment that helps small-scale Indian farmers sustain two...

A few months ago, India’s largest pulp and paper company, Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (BILT), responded to the Business Call to Action (BCtA)...

Increasing demand for Fair Trade goods globally has also led to growth in the Indian Fair Trade market. Numerous companies have worked...

A joint venture between Tata Industries and Tata International has resulted in a project to construct a mini dam in a Maharastrian...

The New York Times has recently re-emphasized India’s enormous waste problem in another article on the condition of Indian scavengers or ragpickers...

A new curriculum designed for rural telecenter managers in India has recently launched. The Indira Gandhi National Open University has teamed up...

A 2011 TED Fellow and technology specialist, Sumit Dagar, is looking at ways to bring better technology to low-income Indians. Travelling through...

Collaboration between Coco Cola, Indian television channel NDTV, UN-Habitat Charities Foundation, and Indian social service organization, Sulabh International, has resulted in the...

Evidence of greater demand for organic produce is evident in the increasing number of retailers working to help farmers become certified organic...

In collaboration with the national government, the Uttar Pradesh state government held a workshop in UP in early January to promote bamboo...

India is excepted to become the first country to track its natural wealth. Managed by the World Bank, it will be part...

Indian insurance company Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has recently won an award for “financial inclusion initiatives” in India. The company was presented...

Indian microfinance institutions may soon have to pay borrower families compensation of more than $10,000 if a borrower is found to have...

Recent developments in the microfinance industry in India include possible nationwide regulation of the sector. An Indian central bank is reportedly considering...

SKS Microfinance, India’s first microfinance institution to go public has recently lowered its interest rates from 26.69% to 24.55%. The reduction comes...

The World Bank recently approved $162.7 million for livelihoods projects in 17 districts of Rajasthan in India. The funds will help the...

India’s extensive mobile infrastructure has led to an increase in the number of companies and initiatives focused on leveraging that network. A...

A recent agreement between ICICI Bank and Indian mobile phone company Vodafone Essar highlights the increasing number of partnerships among mainstream companies...

Delhi-based Micro Home Solutions, a “design services company for low-income urban dwellers” has recently developed two new projects for low-income and/or homeless...

Two Italian dentists recently leveraged Indian NGO Barefoot College in efforts to train low-income women on how to perform dental procedures such...

An Indian doctor trained in the UK is planning to open a 300-bed low-cost, high-quality heart hospital in South Indian state Karnataka...

In another move to bring essential healthcare products to low-income communities in India, GE Healthcare will soon launch a low-cost ‘infant-warmer’ in...