Self Help Groups

'Normally, I meet my mother on birthday, seek her blessings; today so many mothers of MP have blessed me': PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his mother will be very happy to see that he was blessed by a large number of women

On 75th Independence Day, PM says govt to develop e-commerce platform for products made by women SHGs

Praising women self-help groups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there are more than eight crore women in the villages who are associated with them

'Let no one die of hunger': Allahabad HC quashes UP govt's order on allotment of fair price shops

On 7 July 2020, the Yogi Adityanath government had instructed officials to give preference to self-help groups in the allotment of fair price shops

In debt for survival: Domestic workers in Mumbai narrate ordeal of COVID-19 lockdown

Many domestic workers in Mumbai, are now desperately waiting for a call from their employers asking them to come back to work

V-Guard Q4 profit drops 47% to Rs 32 cr due to COVID-19 lockdown; says business to bounce back in coming months

V-Guard's net net revenue from operations for the quarter was Rs 541 crore, declining by 27 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year (Rs 746 crore).

SLBC fixes MSME disbursement target Rs 90,000 cr this fiscal; urges RBI to hike credit extension limit

In the last fiscal the MSME disbursement target was Rs 74,000 crore.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Bank of Baroda will provide financial support to women SHGs, FPOs

State-run Bank of Baroda on Tuesday said it will provide financial assistance of up to Rs 1 lakh to women self-help groups (SHGs) to help meet their funding demand amid the COVID-19 crisis

In Kalpana Jagdale's life, pension schemes, ration cards — and a dedication to the service of others

For the past 23 years, Kalpana Jagdale has been helping people to avail government schemes. When persuasion and follow-ups fail, she resorts to non-violent protest. She has also started two self-help groups with a few women in Maharashtra's Shirol village

World Bank inks $250 million loan agreement with India to help women boost rural income

World Bank's $250 million loan has a five-year grace period, and a final maturity of 20 years

World Bank to provide $250 million to to help women in rural households develop viable enterprises

NRETP is additional financing to the $500-million National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP) approved by the World Bank in July 2011