HIGHLIGHTS-
- MSME Ministry launched a special entrepreneurship promotion campaign for women.
- The campaign named ‘Samarth’ intends to promote woman entrepreneurship.
- 20% of MSME business delegations sent to domestic and international exhibitions will be dedicated to women-owned MSMEs.
Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane launched a special entrepreneurship promotion drive for women on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022. The campaign named ‘Samarth’ intends to promote woman entrepreneurship.
Minister of State for MSME Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma was also present at the event, along with Narayan Rane.
‘Samarth’ to support women in becoming self-reliant
The one-of-a-kind initiative, Samarth will support the women to become self-reliant and independent. Samarth will provide them with opportunities for self-employment. According to the government, aspiring women entrepreneurs will be allocated 20% of seats in free skill development programs under the Samarth Abhiyan. The purpose of the initiative is to generate employment in textile-driven sectors.
How ‘Samarth’ will help the women
More than 7500 women will be benefited from the Samarth campaign. Apart from this, women will also be supported financially under this scheme. The women can register themselves for this scheme by both online and offline mediums.
Furthermore, under the ministry’s marketing assistance schemes, 20% of MSME business delegations sent to domestic and international exhibitions will be dedicated to women-owned MSMEs. In 2022-23, women entrepreneurs can get a 20% discount on the annual processing fee for commercial schemes run by the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC).
‘Samarth’ will help the woman to start their own business
There are various women in the non-metropolitan cities, who are more motivated to become technology entrepreneurs than women from the country’s metropolitan areas, according to a report. As per the joint poll released by technology analysis company TechArk and women’s platform Sheetwork, lack of access to technical resources, infrastructure, and mentoring remain the major challenges for non-metropolitan city women to become technology entrepreneurs.
According to the survey, over 48% of women in non-metropolitan areas are interested in pursuing a career in technology entrepreneurship. In the same metro areas, 23% of women desire to start their businesses. In such a case, the government has introduced the campaign ‘Samarth’ to support women entrepreneurship. ‘Samarth’ will support the women in starting their own business and support them financially.
