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May 22, 2012 - 6:21pm from Private Sector Development Blog
To sustain its impressive growth rates, the Government of India is looking for new sources of growth. Last year, the Cabinet approved an ambitious new National Manufacturing ...
May 22, 2012 - 6:18pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI/2011-12/570 DGBA.GAD.No.7575/31.12.011/2011-12 May 22, 2012 The Chairman and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Agency Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Rationalisation and Revision of Agency Commission Payable to Banks on Government Transactions As you are aware, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) carries out the general banking ...
May 22, 2012 - 6:16pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI/2011-12/571 RPCD.CO RRB.RCB.AML.No.11944/03.05.28(A)/2011-12 May 22, 2012 The Chairmen/CEOs of all State and Central Co-operative Banks and Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51-A of UAPA, 1967Updates of the UNSCR 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) Committee's Al-Qaida Sanctions List Please ...
May 22, 2012 - 12:57pm from Microfinance Focus
The Microfinance Institutions (Development and Regulation) Bill 2012, which will empower the Reserve Bank to regulate the micro finance industry and fix interest rates on loans to be provided by lenders was introduced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha today. read more
May 22, 2012 - 12:21pm from Microfinance Nigeria
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, From Ghanaian Chronicle As a means of protecting household and small business in the informal sector from vulnerability such as natural disaster, sudden illness or death, the National Insurance Commission of Ghana (NIC) and Deutsche Gesellechaft Fur International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) are organizing an international micro insurance conference in Ghana. The conference which will take place at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra ...
May 22, 2012 - 12:18pm from Microfinance Africa
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, From Ghanaian Chronicle As a means of protecting household and small business in the informal sector from vulnerability such as natural disaster, sudden illness or death, the National Insurance Commission of Ghana (NIC) and Deutsche ...
May 22, 2012 - 9:56am from Google news - microfinance
Hindu Business LineIndia Government ...
May 22, 2012 - 9:00am from Acumen Fund Blog
Below is the full-text of Jacqueline Novogratz’s Commencement Address given at Gettysburg College on May 20, 2012. Thank you, President Riggs. David, you’re a hard act to follow. In the past 24 hours as I was listening to your classmates speak, I was thinking that I finally have a sense of what it means to be “Gettysburg Great.” I am so honored to be with you and so honored to be receiving this degree with Karl Mattson who’s such a wonderful person. And I am ...
May 22, 2012 - 5:29am from Microfinance Gateway News & Opinion
India: "MFIs find relief in loan securitisation"
May 22, 2012 - 5:25am from Microfinance Gateway News & Opinion
India: "MFIs find relief in loan securitisation"
May 22, 2012 - 5:19am from Microfinance Gateway News & Opinion
India: "MFIs find relief in loan securitisation"
May 22, 2012 - 5:16am from Microfinance Gateway News & Opinion
India: "MFIs find relief in loan securitisation"
May 22, 2012 - 5:03am from MicroCapital
Partners in Community Development in Fiji (PCDF), a Fiji-based nongovernmental organization (NGO), and the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI), a state-owned insurance group based in India, reportedly have launched a microinsurance project in Urata Village, Fiji. The product is designed to cover life, accidents and funeral expenses. The lowest coverage level insures a client’s life for USD 1000 for USD 15 per year. The project is a pilot program and is expected to start accepting ...
May 22, 2012 - 3:50am from Microfinance Focus
The rural people of the pacific got access to much needed insurance products for the first time with the launch of a microinsurance partnership. The joint venture was between a community-based organization, Partners in Community Development (PCDF) and an insurance company, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI) in Savusavu on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji.
May 21, 2012 - 7:51pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
Ref.No.IDMD / 4397 /08.02.032/2011-12 May 21, 2012 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All State Co-operative Banks/All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /All Financial Institutions/ All Primary Dealers. Dear Sirs, Auction of Government of India Dated Securities Government of India have offered to sell ...
May 21, 2012 - 7:49pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
RBI/2011-12/569 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 129 May 21, 2012 To, All Authorised Dealer Category - I Banks Madam / Sir, Risk Management and Inter Bank Dealings Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to para 2 (v) of the
May 21, 2012 - 7:48pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs Budget Division New Delhi, dated May 21, 2012 NOTIFICATION Auction for Sale (Re-issue) of ‘8.24 per cent Government Stock, 2018’ F. No.4 (5)-W&M/2012: Government of India hereby notifies ...
May 21, 2012 - 7:40pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
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May 21, 2012 - 7:36pm from Reserve Bank of India Notifications
Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs Budget Division New Delhi, dated May 21, 2012 NOTIFICATION Auction for Sale (Re-issue) of ‘8.33 per cent Government Stock, 2036’ F. No.4 (5)-W&M/2012(iii): Government of India hereby ...
May 21, 2012 - 12:35pm from Microfinance Nigeria
From Insurance in Nigeria The rise and growth of microinsurance in developing parts of the world can play a central role in the empowerment of women, according to Mark Byrne, founder and chairman of investment vehicle Haverford. Upwards of 80% of all microinsurance products have so far been distributed in favour of the male population in the developing world, but Mark Byrne, founder and chairman of investment vehicle Haverford, said developing and promoting ...