
CottonConnect partnered with luxury lable for a...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture (Products, Services, etc.), Agriculture Products, Distribution and Retail, Equality and EmpowermentIn order to meet its goal to use 100% organic cotton by 2025, global Luxury group Kering recognized that full awareness of...

Food Retail: Next Large Opportunity For Country...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsAn article on the state of unorganized agriculture in India makes a case for building out a more robust food retail supply...

Over 5.50 Cr Families Identified As BPL...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAccording to a 2002 census, over 55 million rural familiies in India are below the poverty line. The Census identifies Bihar, Uttar...

Slum-Free India Scheme To Be Taken Up...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced a national government initiative to make India slum-free. The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme seeks...

Stirred, But Not Shaken
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA Business Today article discusses how the growth of Vikram Akula’s SKS microfinance institution, its pursuit of commercial funding, and its initial...

Himachal Inks Unique Carbon Credit Deal With...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerThe North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh recently entered into a carbon credits agreement with the World Bank, in which the Bank...

WB Approved $13.7 Bn For 40 Indian...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe World Bank has approved $13.7 billion to 40 Indian projects over four years. The financial resources will help develop projects across...

India, WB Sign $7.98 Mn Pact For...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsThe World Bank is directing close to $8 million towards a watershed development project in Uttarakhand. The project, which started in 2004,...

India’s Mighty Microeconomy
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA recent Fast Company article discusses the millions of India’s microentrepreneurs and consumers who are able to distribute and access products and...

In India, For India: Medical Device Makers...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesGE Healthcare’s research and development division in India recently designed and launched the MACi, a light-weight, battery-backed electrocardiogram (ECG) machine that will...

SKS Cuts Interest Rate To 24.55%
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherSKS Microfinance, India’s first microfinance institution to go public has recently lowered its interest rates from 26.69% to 24.55%. The reduction comes...

Maruti And Hyundai Developing Low-Priced Entry-Level Cars
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAs 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 ‘MBA’ For The Bottom Of The...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherTamil Nadu based Madura Micro Finance Ltd. is set to provide microbusiness education to women and help with market linkages. The MFI...

`Inclusive Market-Oriented Development Key To 2nd Green...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsMarket-oriented development is necessary if developing countries are to revolutionize their agricultural and food sectors. William Dar, Director General of the International...

SHE Creates A WAVE Of Change In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIn 2000, NGO Gramalaya launched a sanitation and health education campaign in slums in Trichy, a South Indian city. The initiative led...

Lack Of Funding Still Plagues India Microlenders
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherMany of India’s microfinance institutions are facing financial challenges in on-lending to their clients following the Andhra Pradesh Government crack-down on microfinance...

Q&A: Nitin Paranjpe, MD, Hindustan Unilever
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Business Standard recently interviewed Hindustan Unilever’s Managing Director, Nitin Paranjpe, about some of the company’s strategies for growth. Paranjpe discusses HUL’s...

Friday Roundup – 12/3/10: Next Generation Business...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherMultiple examples of social enterprise and “BOP” opportunities from India are presented in the recent J.P. Morgan publication on Impact Investments as...

The Clean Energy Market Expands To India’s...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerA study completed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and...

Husk Power Systems Wants To Lead “A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerA recent New York Time article highlights the work of Indian energy start-up, Husk Power Systems, which is working to bring light...

India Builds, But Will Electronics Makers Come?
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIn its efforts to move along to through the economic development cycle, the Government of India is investing $1 trillion over 5...

Hina Shah, Founder, ICECD
Category: News, Stories | Sector: EducationFinancial services player India Infoline interviews Hina Shah, the founder of the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD).The ICECD offers...

Healthcare Providers Eye 3G Tech For The...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherTechnology may be able to bridge the health service delivery gap between India’s urban and rural populations. With the spread of 3G...

D.Light Design Names Board Chairman Donn Tice...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerU.S. based D.light Design, an energy solutions company that distributes lighting products in developing countries, has recently appointed Board Chairman Donn Tice...

Banks Say Inclusiveness Is Costly
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesThe Reserve Bank of India and industry leaders within India are continuing to look at ways to increase financial inclusion. Though most...

DHFL Launches Aadhar Housing Finance
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesIndian Housing Financing Corporation (DHFL) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have recently launched Aadhar Housing Finance (P) Ltd. to expand into...