Despite the significance of handicrafts in India’s rural economy and export sector, the crafts industry has been languishing due to policy neglect and poor earnings for those at the bottom of the value chain.
The Indian digital lending market is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 38%, and reach US $350 billion by 2023 as a result of improved digital financial inclusion.
Sanjay Anandaram is a Venture Partner with Seed Fund. He has spent over 2 decades as an IT industry executive, an entrepreneur, a VC, an advisor to early stage funds, start up mentor and teacher.
Several effects of climate change such as droughts, floods, cyclones, erratic and delayed
monsoon, depleting groundwater, salinisation, pests and diseases, etc. have been affecting
the production and productivity of Indian agriculture, thereby impacting farmer incomes as
well as food and nutrition security.
Women’s economic empowerment as a growth imperative Women-led development has emerged as a central pillar of India’s growth agenda under the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. Achieving the country’s long-term economic ambitions will depend not only on increasing women’s participation in the workforce, but also on strengthening their ownership of enterprises,
Business of Impact and Capital Ideas are our two events for impact transformers on 12 & 13 June in The Hague. On Wednesday we’re running two separate programme tracks, and on Thursday we’re breaking the barriers and going all in on connection and collaboration! Join Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy (Sattva Consulting),
In this report, we have analysed the entire set of companies (total of 29190) on their CSR compliance using the data made available by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs as of January 2019.
There are 66.2 million girls in India in the 15-24 year age group who are out of school. A subset of these women are deemed Permanently At-risk Out of School Girls (PAR OOSGs) who are highly unlikely to join mainstream education.
For this episode of Decoding Impact we explore how technology, specifically the opportunities presented by the Open Credit Enablement Network, or OCEN can enable access to credit for MSMEs in India on a national scale with Hrushi Mehta.
STEM Skills: A tremendous opportunity In an era driven by rapid technological advancements and digital transformation, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education has emerged as a cornerstone for economic development and societal progress. Globally, countries are investing in STEM education to equip their workforce with the necessary skills to