Posted on April 21, 2008 by Vinay
Here is your daily dose of headlines about innovative or anti-innovative ideas from around the country:
Microfinance
ACCESS Development Services and Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development will work to build cooperation between Europe and India to assist 20 MFIs in the country.
SKS Microfinance and Bajaj Allianz will form a partnership to provide clients with insurance [...]
Filed under: BoP, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance/Credit, Government, Health, Housing, Microfinance, NGOs and Non-profits, PPP | Tagged: ACCESS Development Services, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Andhra Pradesh, autism, Bajaj Allianz, civilian nuclear program, clean energy project, climate change, Convention on Nuclear Safety, hydro-electric power, Kyoto Protocol, Maharashtra, NRIs, pets, power lines, private tuitions, Pune, Rajiv Swagruha, SKS microfinance, Sri Lanka, Standard Chartered, Visakhapatnam | No Comments »
Posted on April 1, 2008 by prernasri
Starting April 1st, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to every household whose adult members volunteer to work on labour-intensive public works annually, will be implemented in all 604 districts across India. Unfortunately, though the program looks good on paper, even its most vociferous proponents will admit [...]
Filed under: Approaches, Basic Rights, Employment, Government, Grassroots Initiatives, Issues, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | Tagged: Andhra Pradesh, anti-corruption software, national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS) | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 1, 2008 by Santhosh
Oneworld South Asia highlights that India’s strategy to combat Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) might be failing to stop the spread of the disease. There are 2.2 million new cases of TB every year.
The CGAP Microfinance Technology Blog picked up a story from Business Standard on Andhra Pradesh government’s plan to provide rural pensions through [...]
Filed under: Approaches, Government, Health, Issues, Technology | Tagged: Andhra Pradesh, BSNL. Rural Connectivity, Business Standard, CGAP, iGovernment, OneWorld South Asia, TB | No Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2008 by Vinay
A joint effort by ACCESS Development Services, an Indian microfinance technical services non-profit organization, and Hindustan Unilever is providing water purifiers to poor families. Unilever’s PureIt does not require any electricity or running water and so is perfect for rural use. Nextbillion.net highlights the benefits of such a partnership through an anecdote.
Yakalakshmi lives in Nekkunda [...]
Filed under: BoP, CSR, Health, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship | Tagged: ACCESS Development Services, Andhra Pradesh, Hindustan Unilever, NextBillion.net | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Vinay
There are two aspects of sex education — one straightforward the other complex. On one hand we have the biological nature of sexuality and gender, which for the most part, can be effectively explained within schools objectively and without too much controversy. The other issue, the one dealing with the physical impulses and feelings associated [...]
Filed under: Education, Government, Health, Public Awareness, Research | Tagged: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, government inaction, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, My India Report, sex education, Tamil Nadu | No Comments »
Posted on February 28, 2008 by Vinay
Looks like mobile banking has hit the critical mass where bureaucrats feel the need to regulate it:
RBI Executive Director R B Barman said this week that a central bank committee is examining the regulatory challenges raised by mobile banking. The committee is expected to report recommendations next month, leading next to RBI drafting the requisite [...]
Filed under: Government, Microfinance, Technology | Tagged: Andhra Pradesh, CGAP, mobile banking, RBI, regulation | 1 Comment »
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