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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...

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...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently emphasized the need for banks to lend more to small and medium sized enterprises (SME)....

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

Union Bank of India recently stated that it expects its financial inclusion projects to turn profitable sooner than expected. The country’s fifth...

In a NextBillion series on healthcare solutions for the BOP, Indian-American Nandu Madhava, discusses mDhil, an organization he established to create better...

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

The 2010 International Development Design Summit held in Colorado, US, recently brought forth the various prototypes being developed as low-cost technology solutions...

Increasing demand for Fair Trade goods globally has also led to growth in the Indian Fair Trade market. Numerous companies have worked...

A study conducted by the India Development Foundation (IDF) on per day consumption of microfinance clients from 1990-2010, shows that 9 million...

As part of India’s national Total Sanitation Campaign, community-led sanitation efforts have helped increase toilet usage from 20% to 100% within two...

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

India’s largest dairy cooperative, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), had sales turnover of approximately $2.2 billion in the fiscal year...

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...

TARA Akshar, an ITC-based literacy program created by a New Delhi based company, Development Alternatives, has helped teach rural women how to...

Growing demand for organic food in India coupled with greater awareness and education has made a gradually increasing number of farmers prepare...

Recent developments in the microfinance industry in India include possible nationwide regulation of the sector. An Indian central bank is reportedly considering...

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

India’s oldest microfinance institution, BSFL or Basix, is on the verge of closure due to reduced loan repayments and inability to raise...

Two Indian companies, biomass pellet company Abellon Clean Energy Ltd. and rice husk-based clean energy company Husk Power Systems were among the...

With a mandate to promote inclusive business, the IDFC Foundation has recently invested just over $100,000 in Mumbai-based Ziqita Healthcare and approximately...

United Villages, a rural supply company operating in Rajasthan, India is working to connect villages of less than 5,000 people with consumer...

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

BSFL, part of the BASIX Group in India, has launched a micro-housing loan project in collaboration with Micro Home Solutions. BSFL will...

With inadequate energy infrastructure and an unreliable energy supply even to areas that are connected to the power grid, clean energy companies...