SKS Cuts Interest Rate To 24.55%
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherSKS Microfinance, India’s first microfinance institution to go public has recently lowered its interest rates from 26.69% to 24.55%. The reduction comes...
Can India’s Women Cast Off The Burden...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherUniversity of Michigan MBA graduate, Cynthia Koenig has developed the $20-$30 Wello WaterWheel, a 90 litre plastic barrel that can transport up...
Microfinance Regulation Bill Boosts India’s SKS
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThere has been a positive reaction to the Government of India’s proposed new legislation for the microfinance industry. If passed, the law...
PepsiCo Targeting Mass Marketing, Will Cater To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAs part of its plans to generate $30 million in revenues from healthier products by 2020, global beverage and snacks company, PepsiCo,...
SHE Creates A WAVE Of Change In...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIn 2000, NGO Gramalaya launched a sanitation and health education campaign in slums in Trichy, a South Indian city. The initiative led...
Lack Of Funding Still Plagues India Microlenders
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherMany of India’s microfinance institutions are facing financial challenges in on-lending to their clients following the Andhra Pradesh Government crack-down on microfinance...
Q&A: Nitin Paranjpe, MD, Hindustan Unilever
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Business Standard recently interviewed Hindustan Unilever’s Managing Director, Nitin Paranjpe, about some of the company’s strategies for growth. Paranjpe discusses HUL’s...
Friday Roundup – 12/3/10: Next Generation Business...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherMultiple examples of social enterprise and “BOP” opportunities from India are presented in the recent J.P. Morgan publication on Impact Investments as...
The Clean Energy Market Expands To India’s...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerA study completed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and...
Husk Power Systems Wants To Lead “A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerA recent New York Time article highlights the work of Indian energy start-up, Husk Power Systems, which is working to bring light...
Q&A: Vijay Mahajan, Chairman, BASIX
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherSocial entrepreneur, Vijay Mahajan, recently said that the BASIX Group would apply for new bank licenses, based on the Reserve Bank of...
TERI Launches Mascot “Laltini” For “Lighting A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerThe Energy and Resources Institute has launched the official mascot for its “Lighting a Billion Lives” (LaBL) program. The initiative aims to...
Healthcare Providers Eye 3G Tech For The...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherTechnology may be able to bridge the health service delivery gap between India’s urban and rural populations. With the spread of 3G...
D.Light Design Names Board Chairman Donn Tice...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerU.S. based D.light Design, an energy solutions company that distributes lighting products in developing countries, has recently appointed Board Chairman Donn Tice...
Banks Say Inclusiveness Is Costly
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesThe Reserve Bank of India and industry leaders within India are continuing to look at ways to increase financial inclusion. Though most...
DHFL Launches Aadhar Housing Finance
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesIndian Housing Financing Corporation (DHFL) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have recently launched Aadhar Housing Finance (P) Ltd. to expand into...
A Contest For Innovative Sanitation Systems For...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherFINISH, a program developed by an Indian-Dutch consortium of banks, insurance companies, and NGOs, has launched a contest for innovative sanitation systems...
Indian Scavengers Doing What Officials Can’t
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe New York Times has recently re-emphasized India’s enormous waste problem in another article on the condition of Indian scavengers or ragpickers...
Microfinance Gets Lending Boost With RBI Nod...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Reserve Bank of India has approved the use of non-profit Microfinance Institution (MFI) Milaap to attract small loans from abroad for...
LeapFrog To Invest Up To $40 Million...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherLeapFrog Investments, a $135 million microinsurance fund plans to deploy up to $40 million in India through investments of between $5 million...
India To Add 17 GW Renewable Energy...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerThe Indian government is set to add 17,000 MW of renewable-based power generation capacity between 2012 and 2017, an investment of close...
XLRI Ties Up With SCU
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia’s XLRI, School of Business and Human Resources, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Santa Clara University in the United States....
A Sixfold Path To Sustainable And Inclusive...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherSachin Joshi, the Deputy Director of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, discusses six important strategies for...
A Tailor-Made Opportunity For India’s Weavers
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherRotary International reports on Jhoole, an Indian social enterprise that helps women weavers internationally market their hand-woven goods. The organization offers the...
Unlikely Organic Farmers In India: Jail Inmates...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Food and BeveragesIn seeking to promote organic farming in Gujarat, inmates in a Western Gujarati prison are being trained in organic cultivation including the...
World Bank Approves $171 Million For Rural...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe World Bank recently approved $162.7 million for livelihoods projects in 17 districts of Rajasthan in India. The funds will help the...
Shriram, LeapFrog Jump Into Microinsurance
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherFinancial service business, Shriram Group, has received a $15 million investment from LeapFrog Investment, a $135 million social investment financial services fund,...