A Maharashtra farmer, driven to sell his kidney due to exorbitant debt, was subsequently trapped in bonded labour in Laos. Rescued through ...

“The ruling has effectively reaffirmed regulatory sanctity for NBFCs registered with the RBI as a separate category of lenders, distinct fr...

A key decision variable when you decide whether or not to accept the EMI plan is the effective interest rate charged. Car loans at 10-15% a...

Let us light at least one candle to highlight how political apathy for continues to force thousands of farmers to commit suicide every year.

“Banks are not eager to take up fresh loan proposals from farmers. This is an unpleasant situation,” said P Chengal Reddy

The RBI is right not to compromise on integrity, but to keep the process open-ended is not a good idea.

RBI’s argument that new banking licences are needed to achieve financial inclusion, mainly in rural areas, has new research supporting it.

Exciting proposals to overhaul the financial services sector are on the table - implement them.

The credit policy restricts banks' access to borrowers among the rural poor.

There is a strong case to support Dr Y V Reddy's thesis that for-profit MFIs should be regulated on par with moneylenders.

Former RBI governor Y V Reddy said what many finance experts believed, but did not have the courage to admit publicly that microfinance is ...

The microfinance market is booming, but it’s fuelling a lot of worries in the states and New Delhi.

MFIs vision of 'eradicating poverty' is far from the truth, say finance experts, who feel they are no better than moneylenders.

The Manmohan Singh government plans to bring poor farmers within the institutional credit fold to reduce dependence

Moneylenders - primarily belonging to the Sindhi, Marwari and Kutchi communities - have stepped in to play their part. Concept buildings | ...

There are no banks in the Lawalong, Giddor and Pundda blocks. The villagers - most of them daily wagers - resort to the 150 odd moneylender...

India Human Development Survey suggests that rural households are far more likely to borrow from moneylenders than urban households— 38% ve...