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In its efforts to move along to through the economic development cycle, the Government of India is investing $1 trillion over 5...

The Hindu discusses challenges for farmers in actually reaping the benefits of sales of perishable commodities such as fruits and vegetables. In...

A recent article discusses seasonal fluctuations in the purchase of precious metals including gold and silver. In India, approximately 70% of silver...

A CNBC article discusses India’s largest and fastest growing consumer market – bottom of the pyramid (BOP) consumers. According to India’s National...

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

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

The Reserve Bank of India has approved the use of non-profit Microfinance Institution (MFI) Milaap to attract small loans from abroad for...

In light of the controversy and restrictions put in place for the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, commercial banks had...

With 70% of the Indian population living in rural areas and contributing to 30-60% of consumer goods, the country is leveraging a...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced a national government initiative to make India slum-free. The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme seeks...

Recent MBA graduates Ankit Mathur and Neha Juneja have developed the Greenway Smart Stove, a single-burner high efficiency cook stove that saves...

India-based Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) recently won an award from the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation for its work in developing solar...

The Loyal Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has established the “Professor C.K. Prahalad Center for Emerging India,” which...

A Wall Street Journal article discusses the status of access to water and sanitation facilities in India and why massive public spending...

A Business Standard news article discusses the simple innovations that make life easier for rural farmers, households, and communities in India. Examples...

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

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

Microfinance industry association Sa-Dhan has emphasized the need for microfinance institutions to adopt its proposed code of conduct so as to treat...

The Reserve Bank of India released the draft bill for the microfinance sector: Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, which...

Tamil Nadu based Madura Micro Finance Ltd. is set to provide microbusiness education to women and help with market linkages. The MFI...

India’s National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP) is set to receive $1 million in credit from the World Bank to strengthen the implementation...

Eko, a low-cost mobile banking solution for low-income people, has set up a network of 1,300 intermediaries to help the poor access...

Vishnu Swaminathan, Director of the Ashoka Foundation, discusses some of the problems with low-cost housing solutions in big metros such as Delhi...

Indian conglomerate Tata Group continues to develop products and services for low-income markets. The company, which has already developed the least expensive...

The U.S. – India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are bringing together 80 leaders in the financial services...

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

MUMBAI, July 7 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion rupees ($34 million)...