Farmer suicides saw a slight decrease in 2024. Over 10,500 individuals in the farming sector died by suicide. Maharashtra recorded the most...

Shivraj Singh Chouhan stressed the need for technology, stronger rural banking, and integrated farming to boost smallholder incomes.

A Singapore man borrowed S$250,000. High interest rates caused the debt to surge to S$21 million. He sold his home to the lender's director...

Criminal case to be filed against unlicensed moneylenders who intimidate tribals for money

There are nearly 17.5 lakh small and marginal farmers in the state who have taken loans of nearly Rs 2,150 crore in the last two years from...

The 55-year-old had borrowed Rs 1 lakh from Bharatsinh Rathod, whose occupation was to lend money to villagers, and had returned Rs 50,000 ...

A new breed of moneylenders has pushed farmers of moneyed Mandya district in Karnataka into an endless debt trap, leading to mounting suici...

Desperate to stall the spate of farmer suicides in the state over dues to private moneylenders, the Karnataka government has directed a cra...

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

The SC on Tuesday said Deshmukh had abused his position to prevent the police from registering a criminal case against a Congress MLA’s mon...

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

The number of farmers borrowing from moneylenders has risen to levels not seen since independence, despite doubling of agricultural credit ...

Microfinance has been a boon for the rural poor but is slated to disappear, with the coming advance of formal finance.

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...