The indispensable role played by Business Correspondent Agents (BCAs) was aptly highlighted during the extremely challenging times of the pandemic. The whole world came to a standstill, but BC Agents offered solidarity and support to all who needed it, going way beyond the call of duty and business obligation. The flow of financial services remained […]
Grameen Foundation India (GFI) and Business Correspondent Federation of India (BCFI) organized a two-day CXO Roundtable Meet in Goa, India on 11th and 12th November 2022 at the Radisson Hotel, Baga, Goa. The CXOs from 19 prestigious BC industry institutions very graciously attended the event. The aim was to communicate, coordinate and collaborate to reimagine […]
Madhu (name changed), an 18-year-old girl from a semi-urban town in Maharashtra, is the daughter of a single mother, and living with maternal grandparents. Her mother is a daily wage worker, and struggles to meet the growing financial needs of the family. Despite the struggles, the mother is supportive of Madhu’s pursuit in education and […]
“To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves” – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru In India, 23.6% of the entire population lives in the peril of chronic poverty, barely able to secure their family’s needs. Every day children, […]
By:- Rahul Ranjan Sinha (Associate Director – Client Insights for Impact) Gaurav Sinha (Program Manager – Client Insights for Impact) How women’s participation in household investment decisions accelerates access to quality water and sanitation services Rajni Vishwakarma, a daily-wage worker in rural Madhya Pradesh, is a self-help group leader and microfinance […]
By Prabhat Labh – CEO, Grameen Foundation India As India unrolls one of the largest immunization drives in history, we watch with bated breath – the aim of deploying COVID-19 vaccines to cover at least a fourth of its citizen by the end of 2021 is within our grasp. The mammoth task of reaching over […]
By Ronisha Bhattacharyya – Marcom. Manager Mintu Devi from Milky Village, Tehsil Warisaliganj, Nawada sits quietly across the handpump in her dilapidated home. When asked about her family she says “my husband left me five years ago and my parents are no more. The only way I have survived this life is by working hard […]
By Purna Roy Choudhury – Program Manager A pandemic magnifies all existing inequalities. COVID 19 has left no exception in proving this yet again. We are not just living through a public-health crisis, but an all-encompassing one that has had far-reaching impacts on the economic-social-psychological wellbeing of people across the world, especially among women. This […]
Besides COVID, the year 2020 will also be remembered as the year when disruptive innovations made possible by technology moved from ‘futuristic’ to ‘mainstream’. Today, access to and usage of digital technology is no more just a vision but has become a way of life for a large majority. Virtual meetings, virtual celebrations, e-commerce, telecommuting, […]
By Gaurav Sinha, CII, GFI I wake up, and it’s the 25th of March 2020, a new day in a strange sense. A day before the Indian Government announced, a national lockdown for 21 days in response to a global pandemic. A couple of days ago it was my birthday, and I had a friend […]
