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4th Mar 2023
VFS Capital plans to raise Rs 1,500 Cr in FY24 to support growth plans
Finance
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1st Feb 2023
Savings scheme for women, collectives to empower 81 lakh SHGs
Union Budget
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18th May 2009
India Needs Social Entrepreneurs and Social Intrapreneurs to Fight Recession
This op-ed was submitted by Suresh Pramar, and is a user post. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of TC-I, but we feel that it is important to cultivate opinions from all sides.India...
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16th Apr 2009
Matchbox Solutions strikes a new idea
Start Up Story covers a social enterprise, Matchbox Solutions, that addresses technology and process improvements for critical business segments. One of these solutions focuses on the agribusiness sup...
Think Change India
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15th Nov 2008
Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 Finalists [Updated]
This week has had no shortage of announcements of accepting nominations for some competitions and the unveiling of winners from others. Today, IndiaPRwire reports that the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundatio...
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23rd Oct 2008
TC-I Fundwatch: Madura Micro Finance to get $4.52 million from Unitus
Madura Micro Finance has received an investment by Unitus Equity Fund to ramp up their offerings to women self help groups (SHGs) in rural India.> Madura Micro Finance will use UEF’s funding to increa...
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14th Oct 2008
A (micro)creditable partnership
India Post has inked an agreement with National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to facilitate micro-credit to women-run Self Help Groups (SHG) in eight states and north eastern stat...
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12th Sep 2008
Creating a road to the City - and better living?
[Story Source: Livemint] [More information: Ejeevika Website]A startup incubated by Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI), a society established under IIT-Madras, plans to connect people livi...
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2nd Jun 2008
Assam benefits from SHG initiatives
Self Help Groups, or SHGs as they are better known, have come to be accepted in India as a potent means of empowering people who are suck on the wrong side of the poverty line – with special emphasis ...
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23rd May 2008
Op-Ed: Why Traditional Income Generating Activities Simply Aren't Enough
Recently, traditional income generating activities, specifically those associated with self help groups (SHGs), have gained acclaim as effective tools for poverty alleviation. The assumption is that i...
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2nd Apr 2008
Pioneers in Microfinance, Part 2: MYRADA
Today, Microcapital.org published the second part of their “Pioneers in Microfinance” series, in which they continued their interview of a pioneer in microfinance, Aloysius P. Fernandez, Executive Dir...
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26th Mar 2008
Op-Ed: Microfinance revisited and its role in reaching the missing middle
Two weeks ago I wrote about James Surowiecki’s article in the New Yorker that brought forward the inherent limitations of microfinance to actually generate a substantial number of jobs in a developing...
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