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featured2017 was a year of breakthroughs. Women in Saudi Arabia finally won the legal right to drive. Serena Williams became the first tennis player (and not just the first female player) to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the open era. There have been so many women breaking ground

CNBC-TV 18 Financial Inclusion Award- Fostering for strategic partnership

Post an aggressive Digital India push by the Union Government, Financial Inclusion has come to be recognized as the most avowed objective cutting across diverse stakeholders. One of the largest electronic media channels of the country, CNBC-TV 18 has identified Financial Inclusion as a key focus area. In its 5th

CNBC-TV 18 Financial Inclusion Award- Advancing Financial Inclusion Through Community-Based Initiatives

Post an aggressive Digital India push by the Union Government, Financial Inclusion has come to be recognized as the most avowed objective cutting across diverse stakeholders. One of the largest electronic media channels of the country, CNBC-TV 18 has identified Financial Inclusion as a key focus area. In its 5th

Augmenting the Financial Inclusion Reality in India CSRBOX, 4th December

India is at the cusp of a financial inclusion revolution on an unprecedented scale and impact. The power of the JAM trinity to enable cash-less, contact- less, remote transaction authentication is ready to be leveragedfor achieving the goal of universal financial inclusion. Yet, we see a big gap between availability

How the Simple Act of Eating Together Is Tackling Malnutrition in Rural India

For 35 years, Manshu Damor of Ambapara village (in Rajasthan’s Banswara district) had thought it unthinkable to eat a meal alongside his wife and daughter-in-law. Today, the men and women of not just the Damor household, but all the households in the hamlet eat their meals together as a family.

Financial inclusion in India must focus on informal sector, says Grameen Foundation chief Prabhat Labh

Financial inclusion needs to focus on the entire informal sector rather than individual customers, according to Prabhat Labh, chief executive of Grameen Foundation India, the country arm of Washington-DC-based microfinance non-profit Grameen Foundation. For low-income households, desire to have a bank account matters less than their occupation and need for