Development is top of mind for the government. We think that there are several aspects of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s February 1st Budget 2023 speech that are encouraging for the development sector. Three of the four areas that the government is focused on for the next 25 years as India
How fragile is our public healthcare infrastructure exactly? COVID-19 has shown us that the need for a robust public healthcare system has never been more pressing.
86% of Indian farmers belong to the small and marginal category, and as such, lack access to market and efficient price discovery mechanisms. Farmer producer organisations (FPOs) have been aiming to fill this gap by building cohesion between small and marginal farmers and enabling their access to markets. However, spot
By fostering innovations in education and skill development, the CSR programme aims to empower India’s youth and drive social transformation through technology.
Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Monday urged corporates to address grassroots-level problems through the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. He said such issues often fell through the cracks of policymakers and government departments. “Sometimes, the nature of government structures is not conducive to the aspirations of our people. We
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),
Amongst the most crucial causes of India’s agrarian crisis and subsequent economic slowdown is the structural inability of its small and marginal farmers to access small-sized, affordable and timely credit. The Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN), an upcoming digital protocol, displays immense potential in challenging this situation, by shifting how
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40% of the food produced globally tends to be lost during the post-harvest value chain. In India, inefficient post-harvest management practices lead to massive post-harvest food losses that impact farmer incomes. Emerging technologies like robotics, artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, analytics, IoT and others carry the potential to address the
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Education is one of the cornerstones for building an equitable and empowered society.