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BT Insight: Simplicity, liquidity key features of IRDA's Saral Pension Yojana
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Irdai to have panel for separate payments of vehicles, insurance premium
Harassment in fintech loan recovery: Why onus is on borrowers too
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Power generation will continue to grow in Q4 of this fiscal year: Ind-Ra
CCI dismisses complaint of dominant position abuse filed against ICICI Bank
CBSE to announce schedule for Class 10, Class 12 board exams on Feb 2
Covid cess--India's 10th--could grow cess revenue to over Rs 3 lakh crore
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IndiGo Q3 results: Loss narrows to Rs 620 crore, revenue down 50% on limited capacity utilisation
iPhone 12 series, older iPhone models help Apple double its business in India
Microsoft's new Taj Mahal-inspired office in Noida is a sight to behold
Maruti Suzuki Q3 results: Net profit up 24.1% at Rs 1,941 cr on higher sales
Apple registers double-digit growth, all-time record revenue of $111.4 billion
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Axis Bank share gains over 6% post Q3 earnings; top Sensex gainer
Sensex ends 535 points lower, Nifty at 13,817; HDFC twins, HUL, Maruti top losers
Kotak Bank share falls 4% intra day, down for sixth straight session
Gold demand in India drops by 35% in 2020
Sensex falls over 3,000 points in five sessions: Key factors behind the market crash
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BT Insight: Simplicity, liquidity key features of IRDA's Saral Pension Yojana
Taxpayers' Budget 2021 wishlist: COVID exemptions, standard capital gains rates and more
Budget 2021: Expect 'wild card entry' on NRI residential status
Irdai to have panel for separate payments of vehicles, insurance premium
Harassment in fintech loan recovery: Why onus is on borrowers too
INDUSTRY
iPhone 12 series, older iPhone models help Apple double its business in India
Triumph launches new Speed Triple 1,200 RS at Rs 16.95 lakh; only 30 bikes for sale
Airtel conducts successful demonstration of 5G in Hyderabad; ready for commercial rollout
Toyota world's No 1 car seller in 2020; overtakes Volkswagen
Honda exports vehicles to Middle East countries to strengthen India business
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Budget 2021: 3 key areas govt needs to focus on
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Banking on technology: 5 tech trends every bank should be prepared for in 2021
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Mother of Indian microfinance passes away
E Kumar Sharma
New Delhi, February 9, 2020
Vijayalaskhmi Das, who featured in Business Today's list of the \"Most Powerful Women\", will always be remembered for her contribution to the Indian micro-lending sector
Budget 2020: Govt proposes to raise fishery exports to Rs 1 lakh crore by FY25
E Kumar Sharma
New Delhi, February 2, 2020
Budget 2020: FM Sitharaman said that government will involve youth in fishery extension through 3477 Sagar Mitras and 500 Fish Farmer Producer Organisations (Fish FPOs)
Microfinance sector in 2020: Consolidation to continue in the New Year and beyond
E Kumar Sharma
December 31, 2019
Experts in the sector expect more small finance bank licences getting issued and the sector emerging as market-driven having listed entities
Leading Lights
Team BT
September 17, 2018
BT honours women who made a mark in business and created a social impact
Nurturing The Neglected
E Kumar Sharma
New Delhi, September 5, 2018
Vijayalakshmi Das once hand-held the microfinance institutions. Now, she is doing the same with farmer collectives and churning out women entrepreneurs.
Financial inclusion: Long road still ahead in 2018
E Kumar Sharma
New Delhi, January 2, 2018
With an aim to take the agenda of financial inclusion further, 2017 saw two categories of small and nimble institutions, allowed by the Reserve Bank of India, take shape in the country.
Bankers strive to make Jan Dhan Yojana a hit
E. Kumar Sharma
Delhi, September 13, 2014
Now, financial inclusion has acquired a new urgency with the Modi touch. Bankers are not sparing any effort to open accounts.
'Having it all doesn't mean doing it all'
Suprotip Ghosh and Josey Puliyenthuruthel
August 26, 2014
We just announced a $40 million early stage investment for India innovation, specifically dedicated to start-ups. We have invested in a Mumbai-based analytics company called Covacsis. It is unique for Cisco.
How women leaders are coping with the MFI crisis
E Kumar Sharma
August 29, 2014
The Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Rules lead to a near-collapse of all MFI companies in the state. Here's how siz women leaders in the sector are coping.
I am still committed to microfinance, says Vikram Akula
E. Kumar Sharma
November 24, 2011
Vikram Akula, who resigned as chairperson of SKS microfinance, says he is confident that the current leadership is well equipped to take the company into the next phase of its evolution.
Stop banging out the loans
Nancy M. Barry
October 27, 2011
While a few microfinance institutions, or MFIs, have innovated in providing a mix of client-responsive products and services, most adopted a narrow, uniform model of disbursing group loans to very low income clients, mainly women.
Trailblazing dealmaker: Naina Lal Kidwai
Shweta Punj
August 30, 2011
A role model for Indian women in financial services, Naina Lal Kidwai is all grit behind the genteel persona.
Trust deficit
E. Kumar Sharma
June 9, 2011
With its reputation at risk, its business model under a cloud, the microfinance sector is struggling to survive.
Microfinance: Band-Aid on a fatal wound?
E Kumar Sharma
February 28, 2011
The setting up of the Rs 100 crore \"India Microfinance Equity Fund\" with SIDBI announced by finance minister Pranab Mukerjee in his budget speech has been welcomed by the Indian microfinance industry.
Report on MFIs evokes mixed reaction
E Kumar Sharma
January 19, 2011
The report has evoked extreme reactions with some dismissing the recommendations as \"Stalinist micromanagement'' and an attempt at killing innovation.
Shaken to the roots
E.Kumar Sharma
November 25, 2010
The private players get a jolt, but that could be good.
Microfinance rides into Dalal Street
E. Kumar Sharma
April 14, 2010
The share sale plans of SKS Microfinance, India's biggest microlender, will not just boost its cash reserves. The IPO, one way or the other, will echo in India for decades to follow.
Most powerful women in Indian business
Team BT
October 2, 2008
They span generations and are there in every field, from biscuits to banking, from HR to hospitals. Denied entry into a male bastion, they create another industry. They are the most powerful women in the corporate world.
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