Posts Tagged ‘West Bengal’

By Naagesh Naaraayana Microfinance Focus, Aug. 31, 2009: Apparently there is no avenue of microfinance that it does not enter.  Kolkata-based microfinance institution Bandhan has recently launched a new product for the unemployed youth called "Employing the Unemployed". In less than two months, it has reached 35 beneficiaries in 18 districts spread over two districts in West bengal. Unlike Bandhan's other ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, July 27, 2009: India's rural lending agency NABARD has sanctioned a Rs 307-crore loan for infrastructure projects in West Bengal. The amount would be spent for developing infrastructure for marketing of agriculture and rural produce in the state, said NABARD in a statement in a press release on Monday. The loan provided under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIFD) includes Rs 257 crore under RIDF XV ... Full story