
GRAS Academy, Dell Foundation Tie Up To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: EducationIn making an equity investment in GRAS Academy, a vocational education and skills development provider, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation aims...

Financial Inclusion: Banks Made Some Headway In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesA Business Line article discusses India’s progress in promoting financial inclusion across the country. With a greater number of initiatives aimed at...

Spreading Light
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerA Business Today article profiles Frontier Markets, an Indian social enterprise, which uses village-level community workers to distribute solar energy products in...

New Social Venture Revolutionizes Garbage Industry In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA new social enterprise, Waste Ventures, is helping create more formal organizations for waste pickers in India. Waste Ventures aims to empower...

Case Studies: Investing In Bottom Of Pyramid
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID) is overhauling its approach to investing in small enterprises in India. The governmental body...

Intuit Taps Text Messages, Economics To Boost...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherStart-up company Intuit Fasal has recently been profiled as an SMS-based service that helps connect Indian farmers to potential buyers, market information,...

Exclusive: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Invests...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has recently invested in BASIX Sub-K iTransactions Limited, a mobile payments platform targeting low-income people in...

Micro-Loans Helping Solar Power Take Hold In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerGiven India’s inadequate energy provision, some users have adopted solar technology to generate energy and power lights. Small-scale renewable solutions are being...

Majority Of Indian MFIs May Have To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA number of Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs) may have to close down their operations over the next few years. Strict regulation set...

‘More Poor People Own Mobile Phones, But...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA recent Business Line article discusses how despite the rapid increase in sales of mobile phones in India, productivity has not necessarily...

Eko Takes Banking To Rural Areas
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesRecently, the mobile retail network, Eko, has tied up with the State Bank of India to expand mobile banking services across rural...

Views | The Changing Face Of Rural...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsA recent Mint article discusses the mechanization of farms in India. The evolution of this sector in India has also led to...

TSYS Releases White Paper On The Delivery...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherTSYS, a leading payments solutions provider in India, has completed a white paper titled, “M-Payments and Prepaid Poised to Define Financial Institutions’...

GE Eyes Rural Homes With Its Own...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA recent Business Line article has reported that GE Energy is set to explore the distribution of various water technologies to rural...

Tata Capital, Aavishkaar Acquiring Minority Stakes In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesA recent Mint article discusses investments made by Indian private equity firm, Aavishkaar, and Indian non-banking finance company, Tata Capital, into Vortex...

Tupperware To Tap Rural India In 3...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherConsumper products company Tupperware India plans to enter the country's rural market in the next three years. Currently, the company's operations remain...

HDFC Bank And Vodafone Tie Up For...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesPrivate sector HDFC Bank and mobile operator Vodafone India have recently partnered to provide mobile banking services in India. A pilot project...

UK Launches Pro-Poor Private Investment Programme In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesThe UK Government has partnered with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) by committing £65 million to increase financial inclusion...

Caterpillar, WaterCredit Announce $3M Program For Clean...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Caterpillar Foundation and Water.org recently launched a $3 million partnership to promote water and sanitation services in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu....

Interesting Story Of India’s First E-Toilet
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia’s first e-toilets called Delight were installed in December 2010 in Kerala. Having been designed to meet India’s dire sanitation needs and...

Telephones For Toilets In India
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherForbes recently profiled Poop Rewards, a start-up company which won the ‘Start-up Weekend Delhi’ business plan competition. The organization aims to leverage...

Solar Entrepreneur Harish Hande’s Solar Electric Light...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerRecently, Bangalore-based Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO), which develops sustainable energy solutions for low-income communities, partnered with US-based Applied Materials, a chip...

ITC Readies Model For Brand Choupal Evolution
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIT C is set to share its new business model for ITC e-Choupal, the ten-year old initiative that has helped create a...

World Bank Plan For Kerala Villagers
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe World Bank has recently approved $155.3 million in credit for the Second Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (KRWSS) to...

Digital Innovations For The Larger Good
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA recent Mint article profiled winners of the Manthan Award, South Asia, which supports start-ups using information and communication technology (ICT) for...

IFC Supports Ananya Finance To Expand Microcredit...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe International Finance Corporation has recently started providing advisory services to Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth Private Limited, in order to help...

Millions Of Rural Poor To Receive Banking...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesIndian company Vortex Engineering has joined the UN-backed Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that supports the development of inclusive...