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

The Water Credit initiative has recently been launched in India to provide individuals and communities with small loans for water connectivity. The...

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

An example of the growth in the Fair Trade movement can be seen in the work of Sevya, a U.S. organization that...

A Forbes article discusses how Jaipur Foot, a non-profit social enterprise that provides artificial limbs to physically challenged people living below the...

Financial services player India Infoline interviews Hina Shah, the founder of the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD).The ICECD offers...

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

The Craftsvilla Artisan Fund has been launched by Craftsvilla.com, an online store, to support Indian artisans in obtaining an education, becoming entrepreneurs,...

Ratan Tata, the Chairman of India’s Tata Group, has tied up with Daniel Nocera, a MIT Professor to commercialize a potential technology...

Aravind Eye Care Systems in India has been sighted as an important example of “reverse innovation” in which products and service innovations...

Hindustan Unilever Executive Director for Sales and Customer Development, Hemant Bakshi, outlines his thoughts on Indian’s growing rural market and the numerous...

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

Despite the controversy surrounding the Indian microfinance industry, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $30 million into microfinance institution (MFI) Bandhan....

With 70% of the Indian population living in rural areas and contributing to 30-60% of consumer goods, the country is leveraging a...

Mark Stoleson, CEO of Legatum, a Dubai-based investor in the Indian microfinance industry, insists that the Indian government must act immediately if...

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

India is seeing an increasing number of angel investors channelling risk capital towards early stage companies. With the development of incubation centers...

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

Gujarat-based Bhu:sattva, India’s first organic designer wear brand in India, is preparing to bring 10,000 low-income women into its program through the...

Indian financial inclusion service provider, FINO (Financial Inclusion Network & Operations), has tied up with NCR Corporation, a global technology company, to...

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

India's rural consumption market is projected to reach $600 billion by 2020, a major increase from its current level of $190 billion....

Tamil Nadu based Madura Micro Finance Ltd. is set to provide microbusiness education to women and help with market linkages. The MFI...

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

As part of their efforts to expand further into rural markets in India, large FMCG companies “including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Britannia are...

WWW 2011, the 20th annual World Wide Web conference is being held in Hyderabad, India. The conference seeks to address the issues...

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