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Indian ceramics and porcelain companies are increasingly leveraging the skills of local artisans for original handiwork and custom designs. In a market...

The Indian handicrafts sector has seen an increase in exports of approximately 42% in February 2011. The sector is increasingly supplying major...

In their efforts to monitor milk yields, Punjab’s Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA), are set to scientifically record yields from their cattle...

Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), India’s largest dairy cooperative has started to procure approximately 700,000 – 800,000 litres of milk daily...

The World Bank is directing close to $8 million towards a watershed development project in Uttarakhand. The project, which started in 2004,...

Sachin Joshi, the Deputy Director of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, discusses six important strategies for...

In a recent LiveMint column, Pierre Omidyar, Founder of the Omidyar Network, discusses India’s potential to become an ‘inclusive innovation hub,’ where...

In a CNBC TV 18 special, Gautam Thapar, Group Chairman and CEO of Avantha Group, Arun Maira, Member of Planning Commission, and...

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh’s third largest city, has become the first city in India to guarantee universal access to treated water. Under the...

A recent Financial Times blog describes the competition among beverage makers to capture the mineral water market in India. With a growing...

A model that has brought safe, filtered drinking water to over 70,000 people in Nepal, is expanding to India. Village Forward, a...

In its efforts to improve India’s poor waste and sanitation situation, the government, in collaboration with NGOs, is promoting a “No Toilet,...

Multinational company, Cisco Systems, has recently developed a “Bank-on-Wheels” program for banking in remote, rural parts of India. The program will allow...

The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, has partnered with public banks, Corporation Bank and Central Bank of India, to extend credit to women and...

An increasing number of business process outsourcing companies, healthcare providers, telecom companies, and education and finance providers are expanding their operations into...

The Business Standard recently interviewed Hindustan Unilever’s Managing Director, Nitin Paranjpe, about some of the company’s strategies for growth. Paranjpe discusses HUL’s...

Rising foods prices have led the Indian government to consider opening its retail market to foreign supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart, Tesco,...

The livelihoods of Indians dependent on forests for survival are being threatened as the government considers the approval of the construction of...

The Executive Director of Indian conglomerate ITC Ltd., Pradeep Dhobale, shares his thoughts on the sustainability of ITC’s paper business. Dhobale explains...

A study by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India showed that only 8-10% of rural Indian households hold life...

The Asian Development Bank is establishing a $250 million guarantee fund for loans to microfinance institutions from regional banks. The program would...

India’s Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD) has designed training modules specifically on microfinance given the recent developments in Andhra Pradesh and...

Beyond Profit magazine outlines an example of an Indian boy who benefited from the services of Pipal Tree Ventures. The company offers...

Hemant Joshi, a partner with Deloitte Haskins and Sells, shares his views on the role of 3G and WiMax technologies in the...

The State Bank of India (SBI) and telecom provider Bharti Airtel have launched a joint venture in order to promote financial inclusion...

India’s large-scale initiative to provide its population of 1.2 billion with unique identity numbers (UID) so as to reduce corruption and improve...

Indian Housing Financing Corporation (DHFL) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have recently launched Aadhar Housing Finance (P) Ltd. to expand into...