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A recent press release from the Government of India reports on a rural entrepreneurship and skills develop program being conducted by NABARD....

The Government of India is set to pass legislation that would make the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the regulator for the...

An article published by India Knowledge @ Wharton profiles HarVa, a network of rural business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in the north...

A recent article by Forbes India considers whether SKS Microfinance can transform into a cost-effective and diversified microfinance provider. Forbes India cites...

A new technology initiative to help create official unique identity numbers and cards for each of India's 1.2 billion citizens is well...

A recent Credit Suisse report describes India's increasing transition away from agriculture and towards industry and services. The report cites how only...

India's Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority is considering allowing business correspondents -- representatives authorized by banks to act on their behalf --...

In April, India became a member of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an organization that supports microfinance globally. As...

Sustainability platform Just Means recently profiled Miracle Couriers, an Indian social enterprise that hires and trains deaf women and women in India...

The Hindu’s Business Line recently had an article on the evolution of Intellecap, a social business consultancy in India. Writer Murali Gopalan...

A recent article in The Hindu highlighted the fact that most of India will only achieve the millennium development goals (MDG) on...

An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the need for global corporates and local social enterprises to engage more effectively...

A recent article provides brief profiles of some of India’s oldest and growing social enterprises including Fabindia, SELCO, and Husk Power Systems....

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) plans to extend approximately $5.8 million to some of India’s microfinance institutions (MFI), which...

A recent article in The Economic Times profiled the work of Japanese Professor, Shoji Shiba, who has started the Visionary Leaders for...

Indian social venture fund, Aavishkaar India II Company (Aavishkaar II), has recently received an investment from Cisco, closing its first round of...

New Delhi, -April, 2nd, 2012- The Ennovent Impact Circle announced its partnership with Toniic to further drive capital infusion in India’s BoP...

A recent news article profiles Neetu Sidhu and Allie Taylor, founders of REVIVAL Style, a social enterprise that supports rural Indian women...

A recent news article describes the growth of Danone India and the progress of its initiative involving low-income segments. Its most recent...

A Guardian blog discusses how innovation and improvements that are normally the responsibility of the public sector, have in fact been developed...

India's Census 2011, first socioeconomic census in more than 10 years, shows that despite some progress in basic connectivity such as through...

A recent Huffington Post article describes a range of initiatives supported by the Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP), which facilitates interest-free micro...

A new fund, the Be! Fund, launched in July 2011, is increasingly creating awareness among aspiring local entrepreneurs in low-income areas across...

The Omidyar Network recently announced a four-year grant of up to $650,000 for the Anudip Foundation, which provides skills training and entrepreneur...

Low-cost housing development company, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation, is set to raise $100 million. Dewan Housing has partnered with the International Finance...

A Business Standard article describes the recent activity of microfinance institutions that have started to finance products and services beyond productive loans....

An Economic Times article recently profiled Rajeev Kher's work in setting up Shramik Sanitation Systems, a portable toilet installation and maintenance company....