Envirofit International, an US-based non-profit organisation, has introduced a range of clean-burning and biomass-based cooking stoves , which are reaching homes in rural Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The study showed that 50 per cent of households have reduced the number of meals ever since the lockdown was imposed
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus has urged the World Bank to reform its policies, saying the development lender has failed to achieve its main goal of eradicating poverty because of its failure to modernise anti-poverty lending programmes.
'I will be researching the successful business models that have emerged from the rapid industrialisation of India's economy and its effects within Indian society. In addition, I will be examining the entrepreneurship process within India and future opportunities for entrepreneurs in India.'
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus asked the Indian industry on Tuesday to get into micro-finance activities and the government to enable a legal framework for promotion of 'social business' in the country.
Most studies suggest that microcredit is beneficial but only to a limited extent and the reality is less attractive than the promise.
Professor Yunus is the first Sakal Person of the Year.
Ogilvy has signed on with the Madhya Pradesh sports department to pump up an awareness drive about the sports centres or the Grameen Yuva Kendras among the villagers. But, for Ogilvy, the drive stretches beyond the villages into the ears of the industry.
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the micro-credit pioneer Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, hit out at banks on Friday for not providing loans to the poor and disadvantaged.
'I hope that by seeing us in such huge numbers the government will get scared and agree to our demands.'
Asking political parties to shun differences over user charges for electricity, the prime minister said there should be a 'broad consensus' on energy policy to attract new investment for sustaining over 7% economic growth.
As per the scheme, rural electricity infrastructure will be set up and household electrification will be completed in the next five years.
The event, which was slated to have been held at Rajghat to commemorate the Buddhist monk's 60th year in exile in India, was later moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, and will now be held at the end of the month.
The minister said the government is committed to preventing widespread coal thefts by use of CCTV cameras.
In a major initiative to provide telecom services to rural people using Wireless in Local Loop technology, the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Tuesday, launched 'Grameen Sanchar Sewak' project.
Asserting that Uttar Pradesh has undergone a complete transformation under his government, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that there have been no riots since 2017, strict action has been taken against the mafia and the state is in the frontline of implementing welfare schemes, ensuring the ease of doing business and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
A vast majority of borrowers are in the essential services' supply chain with tiny and micro businesses, and this has sprung back.
ISRO has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 for its contribution to the country's development through space technology and satellite-based services.
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'The lockdown has been a great excuse to delay payments.'
Traditional textile and art forms are being adapted into modern-day garments, ranging from the super-luxurious to the casual.
The Congress has made lack of jobs, along with agrarian distress, its key election plank in the run-up to the December 7 assembly polls.
But the measures, particularly in agriculture, may not be enough to revive the sector and double the farm income, says S Mahendra Dev.
Elon Musk is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
Modi said the government aimed at spreading digital literacy across rural India.
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The poor and unbanked can take their rightful place as consumers of financial services only if the Modi government encourages different entities to advance the financial inclusion agenda, say Vikram Gandhi & Chandni Ohri.
If struggling with dealing with queues of people asking for new notes wasn't enough, banks are now facing the challenge of storing the old notes in their strong rooms.
Bandhan Financial Services, which was given a banking licence on Wednesday, hopes to come up with a unique business model, with a mix of doorstep and retail banking.
For those in the EWS and LIG category who wish to take a loan up to Rs 600,000, there is an interest subsidy of 6.5 per cent for a tenure of 15 years.
Employees and workers will meet on November 27 to protest against the recommendations
Modi also appealed to farmers not to burn crop residues so as to curb pollution.
While the government has claimed significant increase in funds for farm credit, PMKSY and PKVY, facts show a different story.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday the plea of farmers' organisations challenging legality of the fresh promulgation of the land acquisition ordinance by the Narendra Modi-led government.
If the country is to meet its jobs and income challenge, there has to be a parallel focus on jobs in the formal sector.
