According to constituency-wise data procured from the election department, votes polled by women exceeded that of men by 4.4 percentage poi...

The government is planning to double the amount of the first tranche to ₹20,000, according to people aware of the matter. The housing and u...

Women account for nearly half (49 per cent) of the population of the hill state and the principal rivals have gone out of the way to impres...

Microfinance, having been pioneered in Bangladesh, would find its zenith in Andhra Pradesh for a while as credit levels surged.

The government aims to reduce dependence on local moneylenders and microfinance companies who charge usurious interest rates as against 11%...

For many first-generation women entrepreneurs, securing funding comes with a gender baggage. In general, banks want women to cough up stiff...

Since 2010, when the controversial Andhra Pradesh ordinance made it all but impossible for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to operate in t...