Business - Briefly   

Unitus in pact with ACCION

CHENNAI: Two of the world's leading micro finance organisations, ACCION International and Unitus of the U.S., announced the Unitus-ACCION Alliance for India, a strategic partnership designed to catalyse the creation of a large-scale and profitable micro finance industry in India. The alliance has established as its goal the delivery of micro finance services to 15 million of India's under-privileged within the next ten years. Both their offices will be headquartered in Bangalore, says a release.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

RBI revises GDP growth projection upwards
`Repo rate hike not to push up lending rates'
A thought for the common man
Ford unveils Fiesta in two versions
TCS' infrastructure solution centre
Tata Motors to invest Rs. 6,000 cr. in mini-truck expansion, small car project
Harvesting tourist dollars in tea gardens
`Drop in airfares from India'
Smart recovery in rupee
Russian trade team visits Coir Board
Anagram opens branch in Thripunithura
CAPEXIL award for WIPL
Kitex declares 10 per cent
Contracting procedures must change: Minister
Commodities futures offer fresh opportunity to investors in State
Bullion rates
Exchange rates
Infosys compliant with Sarbanes Act
GVK Power files draft prospectus
Binny to issue preference shares
Posco to set up processing unit
Jerry Rao joins Royal Orchid board
Gangotri Textiles to expand capacity
Mastek inaugurates third facility in Pune
MRF declares second interim
Bank of India in pact with Philips
Virinchi's second quarter net up
SBT to test biodiesel on more vehicles
Satyam solution for Valvoline Cummins
Cranes Software to market InventXePM
Unitus in pact with ACCION

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu