An Assam-based start-up firm - ERC Eye Care, has received a grant of $150,00 from the World Bank (WB) recently. The firm, established in the year 2011 and which is into providing affordable eye-care services in rural Assam, got the WB grant under the bank's Development Market place programme.
Having already provided inexpensive eye-care services to nearly 35,000 rural populace of Assam, the grant has come as a financial support for the start-up firm which has been putting in efforts to scale up its operations and expand its reach through the hub and spoke model.
Having already provided inexpensive eye-care services to nearly 35,000 rural populace of Assam, the grant has come as a financial support for the start-up firm which has been putting in efforts to scale up its operations and expand its reach through the hub and spoke model.