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As part of its plans to generate $30 million in revenues from healthier products by 2020, global beverage and snacks company, PepsiCo,...

The Hindu Business Line discusses some of the problems with National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India, which was created in...

An organic farming conference is to be held at the end of June in Bihar, India. The conference will bring together 60...

Having experienced the highest cotton prices in the past 140 years, India is expecting to see increased acreage for sowing cotton in...

UN-HABITAT and BASF Foundation have jointly launched a water education programme in schools across Mangalore with the hope of improving water quality...

Tata Housing Development Company, India’s leading real estate development company, and Arvind Limited, the largest integrated lifestyle apparel and textiles company in...

Organic farming is relatively new to India, having only gained some traction seven years ago. Organic produce demands a 10-20% premium for...

During the annual Sankalp awards, FINO, a provider of technology to microfinance institutions, won the Growth Enterprise in Technology Sector Award. FINO...

A Mumbai-based microfinance company, Svasti Microfinance, has raised a second round of financing from BlueOrchard Private Equity Fund, a Switzerland-based microfinance funding...

SKS Microfinance, India’s only listed microfinance institution, reported financial performance that reflected the declining market conditions for the Indian microfinance sector in...

A project to conserve forest areas and enhance the livelihoods of forest dependent communities in India has recently received a $15.36 million...

Technology may be able to bridge the health service delivery gap between India’s urban and rural populations. With the spread of 3G...

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has said “India is ready to improve the quality of life of the common through e-Governance services”. His...

India’s poor are finding easier access to home loans but there is some concern that this trend echos the sub-prome crisis that...

Given the recent negative attention being paid to the Indian microfinance sector, other base-of-the-pyramid lending models are attracting more attention. Micro-housing, providing...

handygo Technologies and Uninor have developed and recently launched “Wellness World,” a health tool for customers throughout India, providing health advice via...

During Intellecap’s annual Sankalp conference, Healthpoint Services won the award for Emerging Ventures in the health, water, or sanitation. Healthpoint focuses on...

Aavishkaar India, an early-stage venture capital firm, is looking to complete the fundraising process for its fourth and largest fund, likely to...

SKS Microfinance Ltd, The largest and only publicly listed microfinance institution (MFI), has faced a 12% reduction in its workforce for the...

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning to make a $45 million equity investment in an unnamed public-listed mid-size Indian non-banking finance company...

Indian social business and investment advisory firm, Intellecap, has recently launched the Intellecap Impact Investor Network (I3N) to help social enterprises raise...

The North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh recently entered into a carbon credits agreement with the World Bank, in which the Bank...

The Indian government is set to add 17,000 MW of renewable-based power generation capacity between 2012 and 2017, an investment of close...

Gamesa Wind Turbines is set to build 2,000 MW of wind power across the continent after receiving an order for $2 billion....

SunBorne Energy and Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. are collaborating to supply 100 MW solar panels for projects across India over the...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported the acquisition of two education companies in India. With an annual growth rate at over 15%,...

Technology company Bosch Ltd. has announced a 22.8 million higher education fund to promote applied research in cyber physical systems, mobility solutions,...