Women empowerment a top priority: SIDBI chief

Hyderabad: SIDBI's umbrella mission swavalamban, which endeavours to inculcate entrepreneurship culture, regard women as mainstay influencer on the society, leading to transitioning of aspirant bharat from job seeker to job creator, said Sivasubramanian Ramann, CMD, SIDBI at the concluding session of swavalamban sashakt mega campaign

The last and final session of the campaign held was based on the business module – IT driven innovative services, where the field experts shared the prospects and business opportunities.

This campaign is a joint initiative of The Small Industrial Development Bank of India(SIDBI) and Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE) launched on 3rd February, 2021 with an objective to give fillip to the Stand-up India scheme.

"Women empowerment has always been a priority for SIDBI. The swavalamban sashakt- webinar series kindled aspirations of more than 1,500 aspirants. I am sure many of these are ready to embark on entrepreneurial journeys under the national mission of stand-up India scheme. With reduction of margin and addition of agricultural allied activities as eligible, government of India has widened the scope and access of the scheme. Aspirant youths should gear up to leverage these. SIDBI shall further strengthen the digital eco system of Stand-Up India-through udyamimitra in order to create more opportunities and success stories of growth and business under Atmanirbhar India ", the CMD said.

To strengthen the MSME ecosystem and expose the participant women to various business models, the sessions focused on various viable business ideas. The webinars could reach out to more than 1500 aspiring women entrepreneurs from across India.

With these extensive awareness initiatives, stand-up India scheme is turning out to be a great success for women entrepreneurs, with nearly 82 per cent of SUI beneficiaries being 'women' from all strata of society.