"What began as a small experiment in this little village has since spread elsewhere in Maharashtra. Today the bank helps women in Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Raigarh, Ratnagiri and Pune districts. Its turnover last year was Rs 20 crore and net profit a little over Rs 4 lakh. The bank has 11,000 members, 97,000 customers, seven branches -- which together do about 7,000 transactions daily -- and about 100 agents." - ravi karandeekar from Bookmarklet