Karnataka Polls – Empowering the rural poor

For weeks now Offstumped has been highlighting how the BPL Census data in Karnataka has been screaming out on what the poor want but the politicians have not been paying attention to. This story that appeared in the Live Mint further validates Offstumped’s arguments on how to empower the rural poor.

We realized that the poor need more than just a loan. They require jobs and an environment that can make an entrepreneur successful.

That was Harsha Moily, chairman and managing director of Moksha Yug Access (MYA), a company that focuses on rural infrastructure, leveraging the franchising and microfinance model to roll out a range of services.

As of February 2008, our operations are spread across 304 villages in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, covering a population of 478,939. We have enrolled a total of 31,027 customers and have established 13 branches and disbursed loans worth Rs79.49 million to 13,691 members, enrolled 12,541 life insurance subscribers, 2,610 health insurance subscribers, 654 cattle insurance subscribers and 2,746 goat and sheep insurance subscribers.?
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Are the BJP and the Congress paying attention ?
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A chronology of Offstumped posts on BPL data in Karnataka and empowering the rural power.

1st April 2008 Karnataka Polls – Water Wars, BPL and more ?.

1st April 2008 Karnataka Polls – Why populism almost always fails ?

2nd April 2008 Karnataka Polls – Governance not Stability stupid !

9th April 2008 Karnataka Polls – Unwritten Letter from Aam Admi to the Congress?

10th April 2008 Karnataka Polls – Hoodwinking on Backwardness

Filed under: Karnataka Polls 2008