The International Finance Corporation, a World Bank arm, is granting a $400 million loan to Bajaj Finance. The funds will be used to financ...

IFC, 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 ...

The MSME ministry, under Jitan Ram Manjhi, has focused on women empowerment, technology, employment, and regional development in the first ...

UGRO Capital’s report reveals that addressing challenges like limited access to finance, lack of formal training and societal biases can pl...

Ministry's initiatives focus on empowering MSMEs, especially micro-enterprises, through various schemes, including Khadi brand rejuvenation...

Finance ministry has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday with heads of state-owned banks and financial institutions. The purpose of the meeting ...

As 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...

The study conducted over 2020 and 2021 in two rounds, each across 1955 micro businesses, pointed out that over 50% of enterprises reported ...

Studies have indicated that women business-owners could create over 150-m jobs in India by 2030, which needs to be fully leveraged

Under the deal, FMO will work with Aye Finance to expand their services to women entrepreneurs in the country through a gender finance prog...

The report said the vast majority of microenterprises are tiny and run with less than three workers.

Workforce inequality, wage disparity and poor working conditions in the informal sector pose a big threat to India’s development.

Working with local nonprofits, Kalyani Shahi also trains women from slums around Koramangala to weave bags out of recycled clothes and crea...

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...

In many ways, the success story of Kudumbashree's should not surprise people. In Kerala, politics smothers the lonely pursuits of individua...

The study, in partnership with Government of Japan said that financial institutions (FIs) meet only 27 per cent of the financing demand of ...

“We are increasing access to training, cooling infrastructure and support networks within and outside our value chain", Atul Singh said.