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Microfinance has failed in India: Jairam Ramesh
"Microfinance 1.0 has failed. It was not the miracle it was touted to be," said Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh at the HT Leadership Summit 2013 on Friday.
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Mobile Payments Gain Traction Among India’s Poor
South Asia is a fertile market for the concept. The region consisting primarily of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan accounts for the largest number of offices actively providing mobile money services, 3.8 million compared with 805,000 in all of Africa and 1.8 million in East Asia and the Pacific.
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How a money-tracking tool is helping businesses grow in India
While growing up in northern India, Shivani Siroya says she encountered entrepreneurs on a regular basis. Now, she's helping them track their finances in order to boost their businesses.
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Health conference on social marketing and franchising
The first global health conference on social marketing (SM) and social franchising (SM), the two emerging tools to help India achieve the universal health coverage, will be held in Kochi from December 3 to 5.
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HCBL Bank targetting beggars for financial inclusion
Probably the only bank catering to this segment, so far
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Red tape on grant delayed care for HIV patients, says Global Fund
Health ministry sat on a grant offered to National AIDS Control Programme for about 18 months, leading to drug shortages
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Conference on adapting Indian innovations in health
At a time when the western world is going through a crisis of sorts in the health care sector, a conference at the University of Oxford will explore adapting Indian innovations for better health services across the world.
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India launches first bank exclusively for women
India launched its first public sector bank catering for women on Tuesday, an initiative aimed at economically empowering millions of women across the country who do not have access to basic financial services such as bank accounts or loans.
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