UPSC Articles
Programmes To Promote Women Entrepreneurship
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies and Governance & GS – III – Entrepreneurship
In news
- Several schemes have been launched by the Indian Government to promote Women Entrepreneurship. Some of them have been discussed below.
Pradhan Mantri YUVA (PM YUVA) Yojana
- Ministry: The Ministry of Skill Development
- Objective: Creating an enabling ecosystem through entrepreneurship education, training, advocacy and easy access to entrepreneurship network.
‘Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs and Startups by Women’
- Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Germany.
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
- Ministry: Ministry of MSME
- It has the target to generate self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro enterprises for non-farm sector.
Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)
- Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- It is Skill development program
- It involves enabling a trainee to take Bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
- Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- Aim: Eliminating rural poverty through promotion of multiple livelihoods for each rural poor household.
Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)
- Under this Sub-scheme of DAY-NRLM, a total of 194,144 enterprises have been set-up up to 31st January, 2021.
