AHMEDABAD: International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is helping Ahmedabad-based Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) provide energy-efficient cook stoves and solar lanters to its members. IFC will provide a partial credit guarantee for a $5 million loan that an Indian private sector bank is providing to SEWA-sponsored Grassroots Trading Network for Women.
Under the initiative, women from various villages in Gujarat will be provided a loan to buy the combination of stove and lantern, at Rs 2,800 and Rs 1,800 respectively.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/rural-women-gujarat-get-energy-efficient-products
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ahmedabad-d
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-bank
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-efficiency
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/firewood
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerosene
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
