Posts Tagged ‘Microfinance in North Eastern Region’

Microfinance Focus, Aug 30, 2010: Ujjivan Financial Services, a Bangalore-based Microfinance Institution working in primarily urban and semi-urban areas of the country, has expanded in the North Eastern Corridor by opening 6 branches in Guwahati and 2 in Shillong. With this expansion, Ujjivan’s Eastern Region now has 115 Branches in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, ... Full story

By Dr. A. L. Ghosh Microfinance Focus, Aug 16, 2010: Compared to the rest of the country, the progress of microfinance in the North Eastern (NE) Region of India has been very slow. Only 0.02 percent of total microfinance loans disbursed during 2008-09 was in the NE Region. The share of NE Region in the total no. of existing SHGs is only 0.04 percent (NABARD, 2009).... Full story