What’s In A Label?
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIncreasing demand for Fair Trade goods globally has also led to growth in the Indian Fair Trade market. Numerous companies have worked...
9 Million Indian Microfinance Clients Crossed $1.25...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA study conducted by the India Development Foundation (IDF) on per day consumption of microfinance clients from 1990-2010, shows that 9 million...
Time To Acknowledge The Dirty Truth Behind...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAs part of India’s national Total Sanitation Campaign, community-led sanitation efforts have helped increase toilet usage from 20% to 100% within two...
A Network To Help Start-Ups With A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesIndian social business and investment advisory firm, Intellecap, has recently launched the Intellecap Impact Investor Network (I3N) to help social enterprises raise...
Amul Is Now $3 Bn Brand
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsIndia’s largest dairy cooperative, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), had sales turnover of approximately $2.2 billion in the fiscal year...
Amul Crosses Gujarat Boundary For Milk
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture ProductsGujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), India’s largest dairy cooperative has started to procure approximately 700,000 – 800,000 litres of milk daily...
Karnal Village Women Get Literacy Power
Category: News, Stories | Sector: EducationTARA Akshar, an ITC-based literacy program created by a New Delhi based company, Development Alternatives, has helped teach rural women how to...
Buoyed By Growing Market, More Farmers Go...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Food and BeveragesGrowing demand for organic food in India coupled with greater awareness and education has made a gradually increasing number of farmers prepare...
India Proposes Regulating Microfinanciers
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherRecent developments in the microfinance industry in India include possible nationwide regulation of the sector. An Indian central bank is reportedly considering...
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...
India’s Oldest Microfinance Firm On The Verge...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia’s oldest microfinance institution, BSFL or Basix, is on the verge of closure due to reduced loan repayments and inability to raise...
Top 10 Companies To Win 2011 Sustainable...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerTwo Indian companies, biomass pellet company Abellon Clean Energy Ltd. and rice husk-based clean energy company Husk Power Systems were among the...
IDFC Foundation Invests In Ziqitza Healthcare, Pipal...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherWith a mandate to promote inclusive business, the IDFC Foundation has recently invested just over $100,000 in Mumbai-based Ziqita Healthcare and approximately...
Mobile Tech Brings Big Retail Brands To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherUnited Villages, a rural supply company operating in Rajasthan, India is working to connect villages of less than 5,000 people with consumer...
Rural India Catches Fancy Of IT Vendors
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAn increasing number of business process outsourcing companies, healthcare providers, telecom companies, and education and finance providers are expanding their operations into...
BSFL Launches Micro-Housing Loan Product
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBSFL, part of the BASIX Group in India, has launched a micro-housing loan project in collaboration with Micro Home Solutions. BSFL will...
Expanding The Market For Clean Energy In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerWith inadequate energy infrastructure and an unreliable energy supply even to areas that are connected to the power grid, clean energy companies...
‘Barefoot’ Grandmothers Electrify Rural Communities
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerIndian NGO Barefoot College is gaining greater recognition for its rural development efforts. Based in North India, the organization trains low-income rural...
How One Woman May Bring Safe Water...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAn ABC News interview with Cynthia Koenig from New York highlights the Wello Water Wheel, a 25 gallon drum used to transport...
CORRECTED-Blackstone To Invest $34 Mln In India’s...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesMUMBAI, July 7 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion rupees ($34 million)...
World Bank Approves $23.5 Mn Biodiversity Grant...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA project to conserve forest areas and enhance the livelihoods of forest dependent communities in India has recently received a $15.36 million...
TATA Power Lights Up Lives Of Naraj...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerIndian power company TATA Power has installed 45 solar powered street lights in a village in Orissa. The company is looking to...
Technology To The People! Taking Telemedicine To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesA greater number of rural Indians are able to access low-cost, high-quality healthcare services through the growth of telemedicine services across India....
Identifying A Billion Indians
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia’s large-scale initiative to provide its population of 1.2 billion with unique identity numbers (UID) so as to reduce corruption and improve...
Inadequate Sanitation Costs India The Equivalent Of...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA World Bank report has recently indicated that India is losing billions due to inadequate sanitation. More specifically, in 2006, losses were...
TATA’s Drive India Enterprise Initiates ‘Shram Daan’...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherA joint venture between Tata Industries and Tata International has resulted in a project to construct a mini dam in a Maharastrian...
Beggars Can Be Choosers
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherRural Bengal in India is currently experiencing a new model for microfinance. Run by village elders, the ‘scheme’ ranks families in the...