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{{ infobox company<br />
| name = IDFC Bharat Ltd<br />
| logo = <br />
| type = [[NBFC]]<br />
| foundation = 1993<br />
| location = [[Tiruchirapalli]], [[India]]<br />
| key_people = S. Devaraj, chairman and managing director <br /> Arjun Muralidharan, CEO <br /> Shirley Devaraj, COO<br />
| area_served = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| industry = [[Finance]]<br />
| products = [[microfinance]] <br /> [[microinsurance]] <br /> networking and federation<br />
| assets = 2.29. [[Indian rupee|INR]] (2018)<br />
| revenue = <br />
| operating_income = 220<br />
| net_income = <br />
| num_locations = 298<br />
| num_employees = 2242<br />
| homepage = http://www.gvmfl.com/<br />
}}<br />
'''IDFC Bharat Ltd''' is a [[microfinance]] bank (Formerly known as Grama Vidiyal), operating in the [[Tamil Nadu]] area of [[South India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-25 |title=IDFC Bank buys Grama Vidiyal Micro |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/emerging-entrepreneurs/idfc-bank-buys-grama-vidiyal-micro/article8897929.ece |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.thehindubusinessline.com |language=en}}</ref> Since 1993, it has provided small loans to women without access to formal [[credit (finance)|credit]] and who typically have daily incomes of less than [[Indian rupee|INR]] 80 (US$2) per day.<br />
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== History ==<br />
In 2007, Grama Vidiyal transformed from a charitable trust to a regulated Non-Bank Financial Company ([[NBFC]]). Its status as an NBFC brings Grama Vidiyal under the purview of government regulation but will permit the firm to take on larger amounts of equity capital. Grama Vidiyal expects continued rapid growth, reaching more than two million clients by expanding to other states of India with an excess of [[Rs.]]15 billion (US$400,000,000) in loans outstanding by 2012.<ref>{{citation | url = http://indiamicrofinance.com/grama-vidiyal-microfinance.html | title= Grama Vidiyal grows its loan portfolio newspaper }}</ref><br />
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==Loan products==<br />
Grama Vidiyal offers a variety of loans to its members.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050326013756/http://www.mixmarket.org/en/demand/demand.show.profile.asp?ett=860 | archive-date = 26 March 2005 | title = Demand > Search for MFIs > Profile for GV (Grama Vidiyal) | work = The MIX Market | publisher = The Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX)| url = http://www.mixmarket.org/en/demand/demand.show.profile.asp?ett=860 }}</ref><br />
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==Other services==<br />
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Grama Vidiyal is among the largest microinsurance providers in India, and was studied by the [[International Labour Organization|ILO]] for a 2005 case study on microinsurance<ref>{{cite web | title = Microinsurance and Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from India - Good and bad practices in Microinsurance – CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices - Case Study No. 15 (Electronic Resource) | date = 25 September 2005| url = http://www.ilo.org/employment/Whatwedo/Publications/WCMS_122471/lang--en/index.htm | publisher = International Labor Organization (ILO)}}</ref><ref>{{citation | url = http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_122471.pdf | title = Microinsurance and Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from India | first1= James | last1 = Roth | first2 = Craig |last2 = Churchill | first3 = Gabriele |last3 = Ramm | last4 = Namerta | date = September 2005 | publisher = International Labor Organization (ILO)}}</ref><br />
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==Investors==<br />
Some of the most prominent investors include [[Vinod Khosla]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]] and former partner in the venture capital firm [[Kleiner Perkins]]. Additional investment has come from the Unitus Equity Fund, a $23.6 million fund which invests in emerging microfinance institutions.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-indian-microfinance-institution-grama-vidiyal-microfinance-gv-plans-expansion-and-receives-usd-35-million-from-unitus-equity-fund-and-vinod-khosla/ | date = 12 May 2008 | title = MICROCAPITAL STORY: Indian Microfinance Institution Grama Vidiyal Microfinance (GV) Plans Expansion and Receives USD 3.5 Million from Unitus Equity Fund and Vinod Khosla | first = Jennifer | last = Lee | publisher = MicroCapital | access-date = 8 February 2013}}</ref> <br />
In 2016, Grama Vidiyal was acquired by [[IDFC First Bank]] Ltd (formerly known as IDFC Bank Ltd) and name was changed to IDFC Bharat Ltd from Grama Vidiyal.{{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Grameen Bank]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.grameenfoundation.org The Grameen Foundation]<br />
*[http://www.asadev.com ASA-GV], The Activists for Social Alternatives - Grama Vidiyal<br />
*[http://www.sa-dhan.net Sa-Dhan], The Association of Community Development Finance Institutions<br />
*[http://www.unitus.com Unitus Group], Market-based solutions to global poverty<br />
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