Anxiety at workplace is an important area of attention for HR departments, globally Excessive anxiety impacts productivity, causes attrition and impacts mental health of employees. Anxiety occurs in a wide range of circumstances and made worse when employees feel that they have little support from supervisors and colleagues. MFIs experience very high drop-out rates among […]
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013 is an act to provide protection against sexual harassment against women at workplace. This is applicable for all organizations employing more than 10 employees. M2i Learning Series on POSH Act provides nuances of this Act. Click on the link below to read this document. POSH-Learning Series POSH […]
Microfinance (MF) sector in the Northeastern (NE) part of India has been able to thrive because of its unique set of strengths and constant support provided by DFIs. However, MF industry in NE remains bereft of the progress, as made by the industry in the remaining parts of the country. The paper discusses the intrinsic […]
The thought that your debit card information has been compromised and someone at a distant land is using it to make payments is horrifying enough. This would shatter your faith in the banking systems, contemporary facilities of ATMs, online platforms which have become the means of financial transactions in the modern world. This nightmare just […]
This report presents the finding of a survey of 100 low income households in Shiv Vihar JJ Colony, in West Delhi, during June 2016. It looks at incidence of disease, access to water and sanitation as well as perceptions regarding safety and security among respondents of the survey. An interesting finding is, while, there is […]
MFIs that have reached a minimum scale and are in a position to generate surpluses, are well positioned to take advantage of the opportunities that have emerged in recent times. However, for MFIs which are small – with a clientele of less than 50,000, the opportunities have also brought several challenges. Well capitalized MFIs which […]
M2i considers negative media reporting against MFIs as a reputational risk event for the Microfinance sector. In January 2016, two reports appeared in the India national media highlighting suicide of MFI clients and questionable practices of MFIs. M2i’s note discusses key issues highlighted in the media reports and recommendations for the MFIs. Reputational Risk Event […]
Risks are integral part of banking operations. There have been three clear instances where Indian Banks have seen materialization of risks in recent months. This paper presents these events and important lessons in risk management from these. Click on the link below to read the document. Significant Risk Events in Indian Banks in the Recent […]
The Hon’ble Finance Minster, in his budget speech on February 28, 2015, had proposed to create Micro Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank. The bank was finally launched on April 8, 2015 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister. The bank has been created specifically to finance a very large number of microenterprises in our country which […]
M2i maintains that for micro-finance to sustain, sound operational management practices, which strongly emphasize on ethical behavior and responsible lending are imperative. In order to assess adherence to ethical operational practices, M2i pioneered Code of Conduct Assessments (COCA), performing the first of these assessments in the microfinance sector across the globe. Click on the link below to […]
