PM Narendra Modi has launched Stand up India scheme for SC/ST, women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been launched the Stand-up India scheme aimed at providing credit to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and women borrowers in the non-farm sector. The scheme is intended to promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST and women and further give a push to government’s financial inclusion programme. The broad features of the scheme Composite loan between Ten lakh rupees and up to One crore rupees will be provided to SC/ST and women and also inclusive of working capital component for setting up any new enterprise.

Debit Card (RuPay) for withdrawal of working capital. Credit history of borrower to be developed of these under banked sections of society. Refinance window through Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) with an initial amount of 10,000 crore rupees. Creation of a corpus of 5,000 crore rupees for credit guarantee through National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company (NCGTC). Handholding support for borrowers with comprehensive support for pre loan training needs, facilitating loan, factoring, marketing etc. Web Portal for online registration and support services will be provided. Under the scheme, 1.25 lakh bank branches will provide loans up to One crore rupees to SC/ST and women entrepreneurs. Thus it will help in creating 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs throughout the country.

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NITI Aayog has launches Women Transforming India initiative

The Union Government’s premier think tank NITI Aayog has launched ‘Women Transforming India’ initiative. The initiative was launched on the eve of International Women’s Day (8th March) in partnership with the United Nations & MyGov.
Key facts:

• Through this initiative NITI Aayog seeks to directly engage with women leaders from across urban & rural areas of India.


• It will collect entries in the form of written essays/stories, preferably accompanied by the photographs that set a context to the narrative.


• These stories will be reflecting new ground broken by the women in empowering themselves and others or challenging stereotypes.


• This initiative is also considered as an important step forward in furthering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which includes Gender as a one of the stand alone goal.


• NITI Aayog has been entrusted with the responsibility to plan, coordinate & monitor SDG efforts across Union Ministries & State governments.

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