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Logistic solutions provider MYPACCO partners with Alibaba.com
Mumbai-based logistic solutions provider MYPACCO today said it has partnered with Alibaba as part of its Trade Facilitation Center initiative, to offer comprehensive logistic solutions in the country.
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Simpa Networks Gets Renewable Energy OPIC Impact Award
The energy-poor tend to be among the poorest people in their countries and cannot afford the high upfront costs of a quality solar solution. About 400 million people in India live in remote villages and don’t have access to an electricity grid. Millions more have only very limited access to electricity. Although distributed solar based solutions are available, high up front costs keep them out of reach from many who have limited income and cannot obtain bank financing.
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Postal bank coming soon to India, say officials
India’s massive postal network is likely to turn into payment banks by late next month, reaching out to the unbanked section of the society under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jan Dhan programme.
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Life Without Light in Rural India: Why Solar Lanterns Can’t Compete With the Grid
Chanda sometimes wakes long before dawn to sweep her house and beat the husk off her rice. Now in her 70s, Chanda has long since lost her sight. The sound of her morning activities reverberates down the narrow, unpaved street of the Adivasi colony, through the mud brick walls of the homes stacked either side, waking her neighbours. Next door, Leena complains but is sympathetic. “Living without electricity is like being blind,” she says. “You move around your home and cook without being able to see. Even in the day it is the middle of the night.”
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- Energy
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- solar
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OPINION: Fixing financial inclusion in India
A Self Help Group-bank linkage programme should be included in the financial inclusion strategy of the government.
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Making Markets Work: How We Got to 10,000 Toilets
Last month, our PSI-India project surpassed 10,000 toilets in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, where 99 million reside and more than 80% practices open defecation.
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Improving Rural Health Care, One Boat Trip At a Time
More than 10 years ago, Sanjoy Hazarika heard about the death of a mother in a remote island in Assam, a state in northeast India, because she couldn’t get to the hospital in time. This led the soft-spoken professor to think: Why not bring the hospital to the people?
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Life With A $100 Smartphone: How Low-Cost Phones Are Rapidly Changing Lives In India
Bharath Kumar has the husky build of a rugby player, which comes in handy as he lugs around a large backpack filled with packages to deliver on his patch of Bangalore. That and ownership of a good scooter or motorcycle were among prerequisites the 25-year-old met about a year back when he switched jobs so he could motor around town, sometimes listening to music, delivering packages from Amazon.com’s Indian unit.
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- Technology
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