Arth Microfinance Private Limited

Access to finance for disadvantaged low-income women

India

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The non-banking financial company and microfinance institution (MFI) Arth Microfinance Private Limited (Arth) disburses loans to women in low-income households in rural and urban areas in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. The loans are intended for income-generating activities.

Arth, which translates as 'money', has been active as an MFI for almost 10 years. It has been an Oikocredit partner since 2018.

Its roots lie in a microfinance programme run by the NGO Indian Institute of Rural Development (IIRD), which was involved in social and institutional development, natural resource management, health, and self-help groups in rural areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat.