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Sa-Dhan FI Conference 2014 - Banks and Microfinance - Partnership for Building Provision of Financial Services to the Poor

Session Panelists Mr. Sushil Muhnot, CMD, Bank of Maharashtra Mr. K.S. Singhwan, CGM, SFMC,  SIDBI Mr. Dilli Raj, President, SKS M...

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History of Agricultural Credit in India - Timeline

Development of rural credit systems have always been a complicated affair and this is clear from India's history. Intermittent failur...

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Data Everywhere and Nowhere to Go

The current GIZ-NABARD-CMF study is being conducted in 4 states (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, and West Bengal). The study explores ge...

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Understanding Agricultural Credit and Financing

Its been a while since I have written a post here and last time I wrote - it was on the savings theme - a whole month of reading, talking...

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Why can't Saraswati save? Understanding her dilemma!

Saraswati- an urban maid making Rs. 7,000/ month dreams of sending her children to college one day. Whenever asked why she is working, sh...

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Who are we saving? What are we saving?

"I don't earn enough to save!", "I have too many debts!", "I think savings require a huge amount to be set as...

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Financially Included...In Reality Excluded..!

Imagine paying almost a fifth of your monthly income in interest on a loan that has a higher cost per month than most formal loans ...

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Rise of the Tier-II Banks?

While looking at the usual news updates at the CMF E-Library , I happened to come across an article originally posted at the Economic Time...

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Newsletter Article - Rethinking RBI’s Regulations for MFIs

Author: Deepti Kc The Microfinance Institutions Bill has been cleared by the Union Cabinet and introduced to the Lok Sabha. If approv...

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News Summary: MFIs still struggling to get funds..!

Microfinance news summary (June 15- June 30) According to the first edition of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)’s quarterly rep...

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Is microfinance responsible for everything?

" Profiteers have hijacked the microfinance ".. that is what a new book written by Hugh Sinclair alleges. I am not denying th...

Saved by the Bill?

Author: Deepti Kc SKS has shut down branches in Andhra Pradesh and according to Times of India article, “1200 people will lose jobs...

Funding to the microfinance sector: Review of options

Guest Article by : Jayshree Venkatesan, CEO, IFMR Mezzanine and Vineet Sukumar, Head, Treasury and Origination, IFMR Capital Background...

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