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More Women Enter Auto Manufacturing As Tata Motors, Hero, MG Accelerate Gender Diversity Drive

outlookindia.com Women are storming the male bastion in automotive manufacturing harder as firms like Tata Motors, MG Motor, Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto accelerate the drive for gender diversity at…

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Women MSMEs: Key Govt Schemes See More Women Takers as Beneficiary Count Jumps in FY22 from Previous Year

financialexpress.com Amid the growing chorus in the country to boost women entrepreneurship, the number of women beneficiaries across major government schemes has jumped significantly from the pre-Covid period. According to…

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Odisha Registers 1300 Start-ups; 40% Led by Women Entrepreneurs

knnindia.co.in Odisha has recognised more than 1300 start-ups with women entrepreneurs leading 40 per cent of them, said Executive Chairman, Startup Odisha, Dr Omkar Rai. Delivering his keynote address at…

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More Women Seek Entrepreneurship Opportunities During Pandemic, Shows LinkedIn Data

economictimes.indiatimes.com A higher share of women in India is now seeking entrepreneurship opportunities as compared to men, despite the country having a disproportionately low representation of women in leadership in…

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IIM Shillong, NCW partner to train women entrepreneurs in Northeast

eastmojo.com IIM Shillong and the National Commission for Women are collaborating to fast-pace the efforts to empower women entrepreneurship, which will also give confidence to the women coming from urban as well as…

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Women’s Commission, NALSA Launch Pan-India Legal Awareness Programme for Women

aninews.in The National Commission for Women (NCW), along with the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on Saturday launched a pan-India Legal Awareness Program for Women titled “Empowerment of Women through…

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J-K Sees Rapid Growth of Agriculture Entrepreneurs

theprint.in An impetus for the entrepreneurship culture in J&K is redirecting the collective energy toward creating marvellous works of art. One such form of art is Scientific Farming. People have…

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Nari Adalats for Rural Women, Focus on Creches for Children of Working Women

timesofindia.indiatimes.com The Centre has set out the roadmap for setting up in a phased manner “Nari Adalat” for providing women with an alternate grievance redressal mechanism for resolving cases of…

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Nasscom, Google Join Hands to Empower Women Entrepreneurs with Digital Skillset

economictimes.indiatimes.com Access to information, coupled with technology, can help create a level playing field for gender equality, said Sapna Chadha, Vice-President, Marketing, Google India & Southeast Asia. To empower women and aid…

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UNDP Invites Nominations from SMEs to Acknowledge Workplace Gender Parity

indianweb2.com United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has invited nominations from Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to acknowledge them for practicing gender equality at workplace. This is a part of…

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