We are evolving from being a marketplace to a full-stack enabler for Indian MSMEs: Amazon India’s Gaurav BhatnagarAmazon India aims to empower MSMEs by providing them with e-commerce solutions, AI-powered tools, and financial assistance. The company foc...
10 Jul, 2025, 12.35 PM IST
India’s next 100 million credit users won't fit the old mould. That's a growing opportunityIndia's lending landscape is evolving to include underserved segments like low-income individuals and gig workers. Traditional risk models ...
05 Jun, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
Want to make 1 mn rural women banking correspondents in 5 years: PayNearby’s Jayatri DasguptaWith the aim to bring financial inclusion and drive workforce participation among women in the hinterlands, PayNearby’s Digital Naari initi...
13 Aug, 2024, 02.43 PM IST
Budget 2024 can sow inclusive growth for farmers & women to get a vibrant BharatInterim Budget: The union budget speech by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last year started off with emphasis on the economic empo...
29 Jan, 2024, 01.46 PM IST
RBI policy on stability: Will not wait for house to catch fireThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has defended its recent regulatory measures for banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), emphasizin...
11 Dec, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Grameen Foundation gets $2 million grant from Walmart Foundation for MANDI-II projectThe first phase of the MANDI project was also supported by the Walmart Foundation and it built 40 FPOs in Eastern UP. The second phase will...
21 Sep, 2023, 12.56 PM IST
NABARD pioneers agri-financing and developmental interventions to promote rural growthThe country’s apex development financial institution has achieved a remarkable feat.
13 Jul, 2022, 09.17 AM IST
Rural development ministry ties up with Flipkart to sell products made by artisansUnder the mission, poor women from different cross-sections of class and caste form into SHGs and their federations, providing financial, e...
02 Nov, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM Modi for ridiculing MGNREGAInaugurating a Kudumbasree Sangamam at Poothadi Grama Panchayat in his constituency here, the Congress leader said the Congress works for t...
22 Feb, 2021, 06.50 PM IST
Mastercard and CAIT partner to launch the Small Business Support CoalitionThe Coalition will work towards educating small merchants and kirana store owners on government approved protocols for improved safety and ...
14 Oct, 2020, 02.19 PM IST
Full text of FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech"In May 2019, Prime Minister Modi received a massive mandate to form the government again."
01 Feb, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
Investing in a woman-led entity has proved to be less risky: Federal Bank's Shalini WarrierWomen entrepreneurs have a pivotal role in the economic progress of a country and banks have the crucial role to get more women to startup.
02 Aug, 2019, 02.34 PM IST
How IDFC Bank's COO Avtar Monga is leveraging digital to redefine the boundaries of bankingMonga evidently relishes challenges. As a man on an unwavering mission, Monga is totally plugged into the digital game as he tries to expan...
11 Jun, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Leveraging design to promote social impact: Bhaskar Bhat, MD, TitanIn a meeting at the verdant gardens of Titan's new headquarters in Bangalore, Bhaskar Bhat shares his insights on CSR and sustainability at...
17 Jan, 2018, 03.18 PM IST
- End-use data famine hits microcredit
If we go by the report, there is a need to change the mindset of people that see microcredit programmes as anti-poverty programmes.
19 Mar, 2011, 04.27 AM IST
- Bottom that is climbing up
Microfinance can help those who can’t find work under NREGS. Today, over 50 million poor households in India are getting microcredit.
05 Jan, 2009, 02.12 AM IST
- Part B: Mid-term Monetary policy review statement for the Year 2008-0924 Oct, 2008, 12.45 PM IST