Self Help Group

Naveen Patnaik gives BJD ticket for prestigious Aska Lok Sabha seat to village self-help group member Pramila Bisoi

Pramila Bisoi has been working for the welfare of women and children in her area in Ganjam district and her native village, Chermaria, which has now been declared open defecation-free

Odisha targets to achieve 'Open Defecation Free' status by 2018: Panchayat bodies, SHGs to be involved

Odisha government has said the state has registered a substantial progress in toilet coverage under the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' (SBM) and set a target to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by the end of 2018.

Bihar’s poorest women are changing their lives, with aid from Jeevika, a self-help initiative

A state-wide programme, Jeevika today involves over 8.2 million rural women in self-help groups

Narendra Modi lampoons Congress in Karnataka, asks which 'hand' reduced Rs 1 of government money to 15 paise

Narendra Modi launched a veiled attack on Congress over corruption in development funds, asking which was the "hand" that reduced every rupee to 15 paise before reaching its beneficiary

Hizbul Mujahideen operative Naseer Ahmed remanded to judicial custody

Maharajganj: Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen operative Naseer Ahmed was today remanded to 14-day judicial custody by a court.

Uttar Pradesh ATS remands suspected Hizbul Mujahideen operative to 12-day custody

A court in Maharajganj on Monday remanded suspected Hizbul Mujahideen operative Naseer Ahmad in 12 days custody of Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad.

International Women's Day 2017: Meet Kurnool's 'self help woman', B Vijayabharathi

Since the 1990s, Vijayabharathi has worked in rural Andhra Pradesh through thrift and credit societies aimed at economic empowerment of rural women to bring about a movement of social change

NABARD's financial aid to K'taka touches all-time high of Rs 6,053 crore

The financial support to banks, NGOs and the state government in Karnataka by NABARD touched an all-time high of Rs 6,053 crore last fiscal, a rise of about 40 percent from 2010-11.

Microfinance Bill will do little to help SKS. Here's why

But are the celebrations premature? If you take a good, hard look at the facts, it does seem like investors have got just a tad carried away.

Is RBI to blame for microfinance industry's woes?

The central bank's policy of not allowing microfinance institutions to hold savings raised the risk of client default and MFI collapse.