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Six ways to move money in India
A look at ways to make payments, based on convenience, cost efficiency and usage.
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- South Asia
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- digital payments
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What India’s Microloan Meltdown Taught One Entrepreneur
Vikram Akula speaks about what went wrong in 2010 and what’s next.
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- Impact Assessment
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U.S. Health Care Companies Enjoy Big Opening in India
India’s economy is expected to grow 7.5% in the year ahead, driven by ever-growing demand for energy, infrastructure, and technology and high-quality healthcare. I’ve traveled to India to see what’s happening.
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- Health Care
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How CAMTech India Is Addressing Pressing Healthcare Issues Through Innovation By Integrating Technology and Healthcare
According to the World Health Organisation’s 2014 report, nearly 800 women die every day due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
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- Health Care
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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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- Energy
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- South Asia
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- renewable energy, solar
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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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