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A major portion of mobile phone buyers in India—the second largest market in the world—hail from semi-urban and rural areas, who opt for low-cost phones with basic functions.

Essar Plans New Global Partner for Mobile Retailing Business Aveek Dattaaveek of Mint 2011

Vaatsalya Healthcare , which provides affordable healthcare in semi-urban and rural India, has raised a third round of funding to extend its network of low-cost hospitals across the country.

Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

The firm is best known for its brand Mango Sip, which has a strong presence in semi-urban and rural India.

Deals India: Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

Most families, more importantly, most women, living in urban or semi-urban environments, with reasonable expectations of children living into adulthood, with reasonable access to food, medical care, etc etc, and with access to contraceptive education and with contraceptive availability, seem to self-limit at 2 to 3 children.

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"We are particularly pleased to see that the RBI has re-affirmed priority sector status for microfinance and broadened some of the parameters, such as increasing the annual income limits for eligible households to 60,000 rupees for rural and 120,000 rupees for urban and semi-urban, increasing the interest cap and margin cap," it said in a statement.

RBI Approves Microfinance Regulatory Overhaul Anant Vijay Kala 2011

The largest declines, she said, are in the south of the country in rural or semi-urban areas where housing options are more easily available.

Number of Haitians Living in Displacement Camps Drops 2011

"We are not at a stage that we need charity for social ventures," said Vineet Rai , chief executive of Aavishkaar India, a rural and semi-urban focused investment fund.

India gets Donation-based Social Fund Deepti Chaudhary of Mint 2011

A: it would not be a “point” defense: an entire frontier/border region of semi-urban environment would have to be covered, making effective deployment extremely expensive.

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The two agreements come at a time when India's central bank has been urging lenders to expand more into rural and semi-urban areas.

Telecom Firms and Banks Tie Up for Mobile Banking R. Jai Krishna 2011

The low prices are likely to lead to increased 3G usage, especially in semi-urban areas, which are Idea's traditional strongholds, the company said in a statement.

Idea Cellular Launches Range of 3G Smartphones Kenan Machado 2011