The idea popped when I was reading this NY Times article on a federally funded program in the US where wireless carriers receive a subsidy to provide people under welfare with a mobile phone and 68 minutes of talk time each month!…
The Indian Government established the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGFTMSE) in order to provide lenders with partial guarantees on loans they make to borrowers. In doing so they provide sufficient assurance for the lenders to…
A few weeks ago, Vinay wrote about the growing business opportunities in the e-governance sector. An exciting recent development in this area has been the announcement by the Government of India of knowledge kiosks being set up in Panchayats. The project is…
In line with its National E-Governance Plan, the Government of India recently launched the India Development Gateway, which seeks to “foster inclusive growth and empower its rural users through relevant information in six languages – Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Bengali…
Update from the Editors: This project has actually be reported on before by Prerna. You can read it here. What is new is the inclusion of an education component.
In an interesting role reversal, The Government of India along with its…
The Economic Times reports that a new Government of India regulation would imply that Indian companies report the finer details of their CSR spending in financial statements filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Its an interesting move by the Government…
What image comes to your mind when someone mentions a government school? I suppose a torn down building, badly equipped classrooms and a high student-teacher ratio, right? Now, imagine a government school 
where classrooms are equipped with a projector and…
Editor’s Note: Guest Blogger Jordan Bower is an intern at Indicorps, where he is promoting growth of Ultimate Frisbee in Ahmedabad as a means of inspiring leadership and community integration among local youth.
The defining struggle with climate change is that…
Prerna Srivastava on 2 June, 2008 in UncategorizedWhile the government of India wrestles with its official stance on homosexuality, the gay-lesbian scene in Bangalore is flourishing. Just last week,
The Delhi high court directed the Union government to figure out its stance on homosexuality; the ministry of home…
