In making an equity investment in GRAS Academy, a vocational education and skills development provider, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation aims...

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A Business Line article discusses India’s progress in promoting financial inclusion across the country. With a greater number of initiatives aimed at...

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A Business Today article profiles Frontier Markets, an Indian social enterprise, which uses village-level community workers to distribute solar energy products in...

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A new social enterprise, Waste Ventures, is helping create more formal organizations for waste pickers in India. Waste Ventures aims to empower...

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The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID) is overhauling its approach to investing in small enterprises in India. The governmental body...

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Start-up company Intuit Fasal has recently been profiled as an SMS-based service that helps connect Indian farmers to potential buyers, market information,...

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The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has recently invested in BASIX Sub-K iTransactions Limited, a mobile payments platform targeting low-income people in...

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Given India’s inadequate energy provision, some users have adopted solar technology to generate energy and power lights. Small-scale renewable solutions are being...

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A number of Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs) may have to close down their operations over the next few years. Strict regulation set...

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A recent Business Line article discusses how despite the rapid increase in sales of mobile phones in India, productivity has not necessarily...

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Recently, the mobile retail network, Eko, has tied up with the State Bank of India to expand mobile banking services across rural...

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A recent Mint article discusses the mechanization of farms in India. The evolution of this sector in India has also led to...

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TSYS, a leading payments solutions provider in India, has completed a white paper titled, “M-Payments and Prepaid Poised to Define Financial Institutions’...

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A recent Business Line article has reported that GE Energy is set to explore the distribution of various water technologies to rural...

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A recent Mint article discusses investments made by Indian private equity firm, Aavishkaar, and Indian non-banking finance company, Tata Capital, into Vortex...

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Consumper products company Tupperware India plans to enter the country's rural market in the next three years. Currently, the company's operations remain...

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Private sector HDFC Bank and mobile operator Vodafone India have recently partnered to provide mobile banking services in India. A pilot project...

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The UK Government has partnered with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) by committing £65 million to increase financial inclusion...

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The Caterpillar Foundation and Water.org recently launched a $3 million partnership to promote water and sanitation services in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu....

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India’s first e-toilets called Delight were installed in December 2010 in Kerala. Having been designed to meet India’s dire sanitation needs and...

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Forbes recently profiled Poop Rewards, a start-up company which won the ‘Start-up Weekend Delhi’ business plan competition. The organization aims to leverage...

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Recently, Bangalore-based Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO), which develops sustainable energy solutions for low-income communities, partnered with US-based Applied Materials, a chip...

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IT C is set to share its new business model for ITC e-Choupal, the ten-year old initiative that has helped create a...

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The World Bank has recently approved $155.3 million in credit for the Second Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (KRWSS) to...

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A recent Mint article profiled winners of the Manthan Award, South Asia, which supports start-ups using information and communication technology (ICT) for...

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The International Finance Corporation has recently started providing advisory services to Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth Private Limited, in order to help...

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Indian company Vortex Engineering has joined the UN-backed Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that supports the development of inclusive...

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