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A recent Poverty Matters blog in The Guardian challenges the concept of ‘financial inclusion’ as a critical poverty alleviation tool, as promoted...

In its efforts to promote financial inclusion, India’s Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has promoted the establishment of small...

Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank have partnered to launch a mobile banking platform that will provide millions of unbanked...

A recent press release from the Government of India reports on a rural entrepreneurship and skills develop program being conducted by NABARD....

The Deccan Herald recently profiles the work of Mother Earth, a food, fashion, and home goods brand created by Industree, a social...

Bloomburg Businessweek has recently reported on jugaad innovation – an approach that refers to overcoming significant constraints thought the development of affordable,...

The Government of India is set to pass legislation that would make the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the regulator for the...

India PR Wire recently reported that Solid Solar, a rooftop solar specialist company, has developed the ‘Solid Sun-Shade Solutions’ in the Indian...

The Business Standard recently reported that Bank in Punjab have now reached all 1,576 villages in the state through an ICT-based ‘business...

An article published by India Knowledge @ Wharton profiles HarVa, a network of rural business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in the north...

Indian rural distribution company Villgro Innovation Marketing has raised seed funding from U.S. based Unitus Seed Fund. Based in Tamil Nadu, Villgro...

A recent article by Forbes India considers whether SKS Microfinance can transform into a cost-effective and diversified microfinance provider. Forbes India cites...

A new technology initiative to help create official unique identity numbers and cards for each of India's 1.2 billion citizens is well...

A recent Credit Suisse report describes India's increasing transition away from agriculture and towards industry and services. The report cites how only...

The benefits of using clean cookstoves in developing countries have long been accepted as important in improving health, creating safer homes, and...

Indian medical technology developer Forus Health Pvt. Ltd. has recently raised $5 million from two venture capital funds. The investments by Accel...

India's Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority is considering allowing business correspondents -- representatives authorized by banks to act on their behalf --...

In April, India became a member of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an organization that supports microfinance globally. As...

A new seed capital provider, Venture Lab, was recently launched in an effort to support financial inclusion start-ups around the world. Backed...

Indian social venture fund, Aavishkaar, has invested close to $5 million in an education services start-up and a renewable energy start-up. Karadi...

The IFC is investing up to $20 million in Pragati India Fund to facilitate the transfer of growth capital to small and...

Sustainability platform Just Means recently profiled Miracle Couriers, an Indian social enterprise that hires and trains deaf women and women in India...

The Hindu’s Business Line recently had an article on the evolution of Intellecap, a social business consultancy in India. Writer Murali Gopalan...

Social venture fund Lok Capital and one of its limited partners have recently invested approximately $5 million in IFMR Rural Channels, an...

A recent article in The Hindu highlighted the fact that most of India will only achieve the millennium development goals (MDG) on...

The Guardian recently reported on the purchase of an 8% equity stake of Indian clothing and handicrafts retailer Fabindia by private investment...

An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the need for global corporates and local social enterprises to engage more effectively...