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A new dawn: India to be certified polio-free this year
Later this month, India will clock three polio-free years, a milestone that will be officially certified in 2014 by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Beyond Bitcoin: some alternative marketplaces lend social empowerment
A variety of companies, like e-Choupal and OneMorePallet, are creating new marketplaces to add value - and boost social and environmental benefits
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What prompts banks to cut home loan rates in India?
Top three home loan institutions- HDFC, SBI, ICICI Bank - have reduced home loan rates by 15-25 basis points last week to catch borrowers in a fiercely competitive market. Their offerings are only for new loans though.
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Maternal health program in India failing to deliver
A prominent program that claims to reduce infant and maternal deaths in rural India by encouraging mothers to deliver in private hospitals has been unsuccessful, despite the investment of more than $25 million since 2005, a new Duke University study finds.
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Small business financing companies can play much bigger role in financial inclusion in India
For that, there is an immediate need for formation of an independent regulator to formulate framework for sustainable and better functioning of Small Business Financing Companies (SBFCs) that has been doing a wonderful work for promoting growth of small business in India, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha said.
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Bangladesh’s top MFIs widen areas of operation in the social sector
Top microfinance institutions (MFIs), besides their prime focus on microcredit, have widened their areas of services in various social sectors like education, health, agriculture and disaster management
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Accion International urges India’s Reserve Bank to allow financial access to the physically disadvantaged
"People with disabilities should get financial access, organisation should not be discriminated against. The issues has to do with physical conditions and discrimination of specific conditions." - Accion International Managing Director
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What We Can Learn from How 1 Million People Died in India
The Million Death Study (MDS) involves biannual in-person surveys of more than 1 million households across India. The study covers the period from 1997 to the end of 2013, and will document roughly 1 million deaths.
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