To advertise entrepreneurship amongst girls, she stated, the federal government is offering credit score services beneath the PM Mudra Scheme with out collateral and at a concessional charge.
Thus far, she stated, 70 per cent of loans sanctioned belong to girls class and 30 crore beneficiaries are enrolled.
Apart from, she stated, 80 per cent of the funds beneath Stand Up India have gone to girls and there’s 10 per cent reservation beneath Fund of Fund being run by SIDBI for women-led startups.
She expressed happiness that 20 startups out of 111 unicorns are led by girls.
Speaking about public procurement coverage, she stated, the federal government has ensured that 3 per cent of their complete purchases are from women-led companies. Talking at an occasion organised by meals supply app Swiggy, she stated the primary invoice handed within the new Parliament constructing was on girls’s reservation, which ensures one-third of all seats within the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies for ladies candidates. She condemned Congress with out taking names for making derogatory remarks in opposition to considered one of her social gathering’s girls candidates.
She was referring to the political controversy triggered by Congress chief Supriya Shrinate’s purported objectionable remarks about actor Kangana Ranaut, the BJP’s candidate from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
Supply: India Times