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Why there is a need to redesign credit instruments for womenWomen entrepreneurs in India face significant credit barriers, with many businesses citing credit shortfall as a major impediment. Initial ...- MSME ministry plans tech centre in all districtsThe government plans to establish technology centres in each district similar to the ODOP programme, leveraging MSMEs' expertise to provide...
- CreditAccess Grameen raises $50 million debt from IFCCreditAccess Grameen has secured a $50 million investment from IFC, bolstering confidence in the microfinance sector. This funding enables ...
- Bajaj Fin gets $400 million IFC loan for EV lendingThe International Finance Corporation, a World Bank arm, is granting a $400 million loan to Bajaj Finance. The funds will be used to financ...
- IFC commits $ 400 mn to Bajaj Finance to help boost climate finance, empower womenIFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has committed USD 400 million (about Rs 3,300 crore) to help expand access to finance for customers ...
- Women empowerment, technology, employment focus areas of MSME ministryThe MSME ministry, under Jitan Ram Manjhi, has focused on women empowerment, technology, employment, and regional development in the first ...
- How an increase in women-owned businesses can generate over 150 million jobsUGRO Capital’s report reveals that addressing challenges like limited access to finance, lack of formal training and societal biases can pl...
- Scheme unveiled to help 500k MSMEs join ONDCMinistry's initiatives focus on empowering MSMEs, especially micro-enterprises, through various schemes, including Khadi brand rejuvenation...
- Finance Ministry calls meeting with PSBs to review financial inclusion schemes ahead of budgetFinance ministry has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday with heads of state-owned banks and financial institutions. The purpose of the meeting ...
- From new classification to a separate division in the Ministry, India’s micro-MSMEs need differentiated supportAs India aims to become a $5 trillion economy by 2026, it has never been more critical than now to expand support to the MSME sector, and p...
- 50% of micro firms had no coping strategies, 40% denied loans during pandemicThe study conducted over 2020 and 2021 in two rounds, each across 1955 micro businesses, pointed out that over 50% of enterprises reported ...
- The next normal: In post-Covid world, robust D&I policies will attract women talent to firmsStudies have indicated that women business-owners could create over 150-m jobs in India by 2030, which needs to be fully leveraged
- Aye Finance raises Rs 125 crore from Dutch bank FMOUnder the deal, FMO will work with Aye Finance to expand their services to women entrepreneurs in the country through a gender finance prog...
- Wage levels very low in microenterprise sector, finds new reportThe report said the vast majority of microenterprises are tiny and run with less than three workers.
- India’s rapid strides towards globalisation cannot be a race to the bottom: ILOWorkforce inequality, wage disparity and poor working conditions in the informal sector pose a big threat to India’s development.
- Techies become weekend entrepreneurs to help artisansWorking with local nonprofits, Kalyani Shahi also trains women from slums around Koramangala to weave bags out of recycled clothes and crea...
- Women farmers turn village into ‘no suicide zone’Today, the village has over 200 self-help groups with 265 women as members. “The turnover of all the women’s groups put together in our vil...
- Kudumbashree: Kerala's all-women Rs 2,262 crore savings group finances microenterprises of membersIn many ways, the success story of Kudumbashree's should not surprise people. In Kerala, politics smothers the lonely pursuits of individua...
- Women-owned businesses face significant financing gap: IFCThe study, in partnership with Government of Japan said that financial institutions (FIs) meet only 27 per cent of the financing demand of ...
- Coca-Cola’s 'Parivartan' programme churns out women retailers in rural India“We are increasing access to training, cooling infrastructure and support networks within and outside our value chain", Atul Singh said.
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