India is at the cusp of a financial inclusion revolution on an unprecedented scale and impact. The power of the JAM trinity to enable cash-less, contact-less, remote transaction authentication is ready to be leveraged for achieving the goal of universal financial inclusion. Yet, we see a big gap between availability and actual uptake and usage […]
On the outskirts of Allahabad, India, low-income segments, rural women are changing attitudes in their village and their lives. Most women in the village of Jhusi are striving to be financially stable by taking microloans for their small enterprises. Some are widows taking care of families. Some are helping their husbands. And some simply want […]
On a morning of dazzling blue sky, outside a rural village in Rajasthan, I welcomed farmers who had brought their goats for vaccination. Soon, hundreds of farmers were lined up, their goats butting heads as they nosed the hilly terrain for specs of grass. But the vaccinators didn’t show up. Only a handful of extension […]
-Prabhat Labh Women in remote villages of Nagpur district are joining the digital revolution unfolding there. On a visit to Kelwad and Ghorad villages in the district earlier this week, I met women (and men) doing all kinds of financial transactions digitally- making electricity bill payments, recharging their pre-paid mobiles, depositing or withdrawing money from […]
