Stories

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...

Rural Bengal in India is currently experiencing a new model for microfinance. Run by village elders, the ‘scheme’ ranks families in the...

A New York Times article explores the paradox of India: large cities with shopping malls, luxury stores, and massive apartment towers situated...

The North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh recently entered into a carbon credits agreement with the World Bank, in which the Bank...

The World Bank has approved $13.7 billion to 40 Indian projects over four years. The financial resources will help develop projects across...

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

A recent Fast Company article discusses the millions of India’s microentrepreneurs and consumers who are able to distribute and access products and...

GE 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 Microfinance, India’s first microfinance institution to go public has recently lowered its interest rates from 26.69% to 24.55%. The reduction comes...

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

There has been a positive reaction to the Government of India’s proposed new legislation for the microfinance industry. If passed, the law...

As part of its plans to generate $30 million in revenues from healthier products by 2020, global beverage and snacks company, PepsiCo,...

In 2000, NGO Gramalaya launched a sanitation and health education campaign in slums in Trichy, a South Indian city. The initiative led...

Many of India’s microfinance institutions are facing financial challenges in on-lending to their clients following the Andhra Pradesh Government crack-down on microfinance...

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...

Multiple examples of social enterprise and “BOP” opportunities from India are presented in the recent J.P. Morgan publication on Impact Investments as...

A study completed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and...

A recent New York Time article highlights the work of Indian energy start-up, Husk Power Systems, which is working to bring light...

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

The Energy and Resources Institute has launched the official mascot for its “Lighting a Billion Lives” (LaBL) program. The initiative aims to...

Technology may be able to bridge the health service delivery gap between India’s urban and rural populations. With the spread of 3G...

U.S. based D.light Design, an energy solutions company that distributes lighting products in developing countries, has recently appointed Board Chairman Donn Tice...

The Reserve Bank of India and industry leaders within India are continuing to look at ways to increase financial inclusion. Though most...

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

FINISH, a program developed by an Indian-Dutch consortium of banks, insurance companies, and NGOs, has launched a contest for innovative sanitation systems...