Articles for Women Entrepreneurship

Modinomics and employment debate: How Narendra Modi harnessed India's youth towards entrepreneurship
1 year, 7 months ago

Modinomics and employment debate: How Narendra Modi harnessed India's youth towards entrepreneurship

Firstpost  

On 13 April, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed around 71,000 appointment letters to new recruits in various government departments and organisations across the country via the Rozgar Mela. Besides employment opportunities provided under Rozgar Mela and ABRY, a whopping 8.41 crore rural women members have been mobilised through Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission, - into 77.4 …

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Encouraging women entrepreneurs to attain self-reliance
2 years, 8 months ago

Encouraging women entrepreneurs to attain self-reliance

Firstpost  

According to the Sixth Economic Census, only 13.7% women-led enterprises exist in India. The need for higher female labour force participation coupled with the rapidly growing environment for innovation and digitization in India calls for thrusts towards women entrepreneurship and employment as key pathways towards achieving economic growth. Programs such as UdyamStree by EdelGive Foundation, Women Empowerment Mission by SheReal …

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The Startup India initiative
2 years, 8 months ago

The Startup India initiative

The Hindu  

Anish Tiwari, Colm O’Gorman and Teresa Hogan, ‘The good, the bad, and the ugly of ‘Startup India’ — a review of India’s entrepreneurship policy’, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol, 2021. A research paper from Dublin City University in Ireland, reviewing India’s entrepreneurial policy Startup India, affirmed its positive impact in reducing regional entrepreneurial disparities. Startup India was introduced in 2016 …

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Women’s Day 2022: How Women-Led Start-ups Are Ushering In A Change
2 years, 9 months ago

Women’s Day 2022: How Women-Led Start-ups Are Ushering In A Change

ABP News  

New Delhi: India’s start-up ecosystem has witnessed several changes — from making the field inclusive to encouraging women to lead the change. This sector also promoted inclusivity with 10-15 percent of tech startups found to have at least one woman, founder/co-founder, according to the NASSCOM Tech Start-up Report 2021. International Women's Day 2022: From History, Theme To Significance Of The …

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Dream of becoming your own boss? These women made it happen during COVID
3 years, 3 months ago

Dream of becoming your own boss? These women made it happen during COVID

LA Times  

Jessica Bruny founded her business, JessBeU, an Upland-based mindfulness coaching business, during the pandemic. “The conversation can’t end with, ‘This is an inspiring trend.’ We have to find ways to support these new business owners.” — Luke Pardue, an economist at Gusto For women who are the primary income earner in their household and whose jobs were affected by the …

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