[TCI TidBits]: Union Budget and the poor
Wednesday July 15, 2009 , 1 min Read
- Microfinance’s small-town success attracts venture investors – Livemint story on the increasing Venture-Capital activity in the microfinance sector in India
- Poverty of will – R.Ramkumar from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) argues that new UPA government’s first Budget is marked by the absence of strong commitment to raise social sector spending
- ‘There needs to be an effective social nest for the poor‘ – Abhijit Banerjee , Director of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab speaks to Times of India
- New rating agency for Indian MFIs launched – SME Rating Agency Limited (SMERA), a new rating agency set up by SIDBI, launched MFI rating services
- India takes note of Bharat – TOI’s editorial on the pro-poor budget unveiled this week by the congress government