Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited Golaghat as part of a 12-day development initiative. He distributed aid to flood-affected ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged women in the state to avoid taking loans from microfinance institutions due to high interest...

Taking another giant leap forward towards fulfilment of promises made during campaigning for the 2021 State Assembly elections, Sarma on Sa...

The Assam government has introduced legislation to exclude entities regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from the Assam Microfinanc...

Assam cabinet approved third category of the Assam Microfinance Incentive and Relief Scheme (AMFIRS), 2021. This include microfinance borro...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the State Cabinet approved Rs. 1800 crore to provide relief to around 11 lakhs microfina...

Assam chief minister said that the Assam government in its first cabinet meeting formed a committee under the chairmanship of Housing and U...

AMFIRS is aimed at providing financial relief from the Government to the microfinance borrowers in Assam to help them continue maintaining ...

Sarma, while talking to media persons on Thursday, said, “Waiver of loan for microfinance borrowers will be given on both principal and int...

During the first meeting of the newly formed Assam government and microfinance stakeholders in Guwahati on Saturday, RBI officials are said...

The new government has already set the ball rolling to fulfil its election promise of waiving microfinance loans. A committee has been form...

The department of financial services (DFS) has recently called upon the two microfinance industry organisations - Sa-Dhan and Microfinance ...

Micro loan waiver is turning out to be a major political ploy in the northeastern state, derailing the repayment culture for the state's Rs...

Competitive populism by offering financial benefits to the northeastern state's 27 lakh microfinance borrowers has turned out to be major p...

Assam industry minister, Chandra Mohan Patowary after the cabinet meeting said, “New Act proposal for micro-financial institutions in line ...

“Micro-Finance Institutions have played a significant role in promoting financial inclusion in Assam over the past few years - especially i...

An internal study conducted by Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), which is the self-regulator for the sector, shows that indebtednes...