What is PHP: An Overview

A scripting language designed for creating dynamic web pages is called PHP. It has emerged to include a command line interface capability and is generally used in standalone graphical applications. PHP, either signifies Personal Home Page or for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. Since the person who innovated the language calls it Personal Home Page, it is a fair bet as to which is the proper rendition of the acronym.

PHP, as discussed earlier is a scripting language: a programming language used to write scripts or small interpreted programs. It is a server-side scripting language whose main purpose is to produce HTML content. With the existing direction of the Web, it is easily being tailored to writing out all forms of XML content as well.

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Status of Different Micro-finance models in India

Status of Different Micro-finance Models in India

Vikas Singh, Jagjeet Kumar Mittal, Atul Kumar, Abhishek Narain Sharma

ABSTRACT


In recent years Microfinance has attracted widespread attention for its developmental Impact for the poor, but it too has multitude of issues and complications. This research project has adopted a mix of empirical and theoretical approach with the objective to identify a comprehensive range of implementation and impact issues of microfinance and make detailed deliberations over these for the chosen area? i.e. Allahabad, Sitapur, Kanpur and its adjoining region. (A typical northern Indian agrarian setting).This paper will seek to examine what is the current status of the different microfinance models in India and how they are contributing in achieving the financial inclusion. A comprehensive field survey in real?life setting of the donors, the practitioners and the beneficiaries (the groups) through various means such as formal and informal talks, on?site questionnaires and audio?visual means has been performed. The deliberations are focused around examining the implementation issues; the economics behind the issue, the complications involved thereon, the impact? individualistic and wider context, providing practical solutions for the problems and the case for including health and education among its domain of services.

 

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