The surety of a better life, brought forth by loan from a MFI for an economically backward rural household, is usually guaranteed, when mixed with the enterprise and hard work of a budding entrepreneurial woman. But even best-laid plans sometimes

The microfinance market in India, whose curve is moving upwards, is estimated to be growing at an average annual rate of nearly 80 percent for the last three years. This steady growth has attracted the attention of private equity firms