Radical Islamist networks are deliberately targeting Muslim youths embedded within the country's professional and academic ecosystems, leveraging their skills, mobility, and digital reach to......
Defence Procurement Manual 2025 lays down the guiding principles for revenue procurements in the defence ministry worth around 1 trillion in a financial year. IMAGE: Defence Minister Rajnath......
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday evening to reportedly discuss the administrative and political situation in the state. The two discussed the......
'Maharashtra is virtually in a debt trap.' IMAGE: Then Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde showers flower petals on women during the launch of the second phase of the Mukhyamantri Majhi......
With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......
In a bid to cater to the agriculture sector in a better way, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Developmentplans to set up a micro finance institutionas a joint venture with banks and other......
The Reserve Bank of India has expressed concern at the uneven growth of micro finance institutions across the country and the diverse rates of interest being charged of their members. While......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday the proposed Bill on micro-finance institutions will provide adequate legislative framework for development and regulation of the sector.The Micro......
The year 2010 was a tumultuous one for micro-finance institutions (MFIs) in India. It began with the highly successful SKS Microfinance public issue, which prompted other prominent MFIs to announce......
Of the new breed of micro finance institutions in India that are growing at a scorching pace, the KAS Foundation is particularly low-profile. Unlike SKS in the South or Bandhan in the East,......