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In order to meet its goal to use 100% organic cotton by 2025, global Luxury group Kering recognized that full awareness of...

An article on the state of unorganized agriculture in India makes a case for building out a more robust food retail supply...

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

Healthpoint Services, a for-profit start-up company in India has leveraged the country’s expanding mobile and internet infrastructure to establish a network of...

Harish Hande, Founder of Bangalore-based Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) emphasizes that women do not only make good business sense as end-consumers...

In efforts to increase digital penetration across India, it seems that organizations across the non-profit, private, and public sector are starting new...

Harish Hande, Founder of Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) emphasized the need for a decentralized approach to sustainable energy distribution to management...

A Forbes interview with MyMela Founder Navroze S. Mehta explores why the online market place for Indian artisans was first established and...

Micro-irrigation maker Jain Irrigation and beverage company Coca-Cola are teaming up to invest $2 million in technology to help mango farmers double...

According to a 2002 census, over 55 million rural familiies in India are below the poverty line. The Census identifies Bihar, Uttar...

University of Michigan MBA graduate, Cynthia Koenig has developed the $20-$30 Wello WaterWheel, a 90 litre plastic barrel that can transport up...

Financial service business, Shriram Group, has received a $15 million investment from LeapFrog Investment, a $135 million social investment financial services fund,...

Mobile-phone maker Nokia has major plans to further target the base of the pyramid market in India by creating mobile phones for...

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

The Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai is holding a social innovation competition that will focus on environmentally friendly solutions such as...

French food and beverage maker Group Danone has launched its fourth dairy product in India. The company currently operates in the major...

Ecopreneurist highlights Re-wrap, a UK-based social enterprise that works with low-income communities in India to create high-quality recycled and reusable textile products....

Ramesh S. Arunachalam discusses sugarcame farmers in India as an example of a low-income group that can be provided with appropriate financial...

A Radiophone project has been launched recently to offer better educational opportunities for children of migrants in Gurgaon. Qualcomm's Wireless Reach initiative...

As India's working population reaches 55% of the country's total population over the next 10 years and poor or low-income Indians graduate...

An ABC News interview with Cynthia Koenig from New York highlights the Wello Water Wheel, a 25 gallon drum used to transport...

Social entrepreneur, Vijay Mahajan, recently said that the BASIX Group would apply for new bank licenses, based on the Reserve Bank of...

Through her work at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, economist Esther Duflo runs randomized, controlled trials to test poverty solutions....

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

H. R. Khan, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and FICCI, discussed the importance of leveraging technology to service...

A recent article discusses the differences in energy use in households between the developed and developing world both in terms of usage...