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Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre to form about 10,000 farmer produce organisations; urges state govts to push for eNAM, dismantle APMCs

Addressing the 6th World Congress on Rural and Agri Finance, Sitharaman said the government has put rural and farmer development on a larger map

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

Women in Maharashtra's Satara district fight for equal share in marital property with help from local NGOs

Women still have to fight for their rights in land and property in many states in the country despite contributing 55-66 percent to farm production, according to the gender and land rights database of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

Financially-empowered women are 'bulwark against societal evils', says Narendra Modi to women working with self-help groups

Financially empowered women are a "bulwark against societal evils", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday while interacting with more than one crore women associated with various self-help groups across the country.

Women SHGs: ICICI to more than double loans next fiscal

It disbursed Rs 330 crore in last fiscal (FY13), which is expected to rise further to Rs 850 crore by the end of this fiscal, ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar said,

Women SHGs need to be linked to banks, says Jairam Ramesh

To empower women under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a need to link women's self help groups (WSHGs) to banks, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said.