women MSMEs

Bank of Baroda launches loan scheme for women MSMEs, overdraft facility for working capital finance

Women-owned MSMEs with Udyam and GST registration or with a majority stake of at least 51 per cent owned by…

December 6, 2024 18:44 IST

PSBs’ outstanding credit to women jumps to 15% of net bank credit: Govt data

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the government had earlier drawn up a 14-point action plan (now a…

November 28, 2024 12:28 IST

Beyond ‘otherisation’ of women entrepreneurs: Need for recognising diversity in segments

Women entrepreneurs are not a monolithic segment. Let us look at some data to carve out a few segments and…

November 24, 2024 13:10 IST

49% of women-owned micro businesses cannot survive in case of sudden revenue loss: Study

49% of women-owned micro units wouldn’t be able to survive at all amid sudden revenue loss: Study

The report ‘Decoding the Financial Health of Women-Owned Micro-Businesses (wMB) in India’ by MicroSave Consulting in collaboration with Sa-Dhan and…

October 10, 2024 16:33 IST

Govt makes Rs 19,000 crore purchase from micro, small enterprises in H1 FY25

The H1 procurement from MSEs was 38.86 per cent of the Rs 48,889 crore purchases made by 95 central public…

September 23, 2024 16:41 IST

Govt’s Stand Up India scheme sees flat growth in loans sanctioned in FY24

Launched in 2016, Stand Up India enables credit between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore to at least one…

August 19, 2024 14:29 IST

39% of MSMEs in India women-owned: Govt data

39% of MSMEs in India now women-owned: Govt data

The share of women-owned units in more than 2.10 crore MSMEs as of August 1 last year was 19.43 per cent.

July 29, 2024 18:55 IST

TransUnion CIBIL, NITI Aayog’s WEP launches programme to boost financial literacy among women entrepreneurs

According to the TransUnion CIBIL data, demand for business loan by women jumped over 3.9x between FY2019 and FY 2024…

July 5, 2024 13:22 IST

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‘Women entrepreneurship on the rise but challenges pushing founders into informal sector’

While women entrepreneurship is on the rise, female entrepreneurs face a tapestry of challenges, pushing them into the informal sector.…

April 7, 2024 11:00 IST

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Harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit of women

As we celebrate another women’s day, we focus on one aspect of the ongoing societal change, viz. increasing the role…

March 8, 2024 07:00 IST

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Share of women MSMEs jumps to 37% in total MSMEs registered on govt’s Udyam portal

The share of women-owned MSMEs in the total over 2.10 crore units registered as of August 1, 2023, was 19.43…

December 11, 2023 21:25 IST

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Business loan for women entrepreneurs: How to apply for Stand-Up India scheme

As of November 20, according to the data from the scheme’s portal, the scheme has sanctioned loan applications for 2.08…

November 20, 2023 12:23 IST

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Are women entrepreneurs really benefitting from govt schemes? Here’s what numbers say

According to the government data, out of over 2 crore businesses registered on the Udyam portal, 19.43 per cent were…

August 3, 2023 10:00 IST

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Women hired as percentage of all employees higher among SMEs, startups: Survey

Ease of doing business for MSMEs: Women employees’ representation in SMEs and startups declined from 31 per cent in 2020…

July 18, 2023 11:55 IST

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7 key areas where women entrepreneurs need specialised technology assistance for growth

Technology for MSMEs: Even as businesses and supporting infrastructure are increasingly adopting digitization, smaller entrepreneurs, especially women, continue to face challenges…

August 21, 2022 19:38 IST

Gender disparity exists in MSME schemes by govt; no special scheme for women entrepreneurs, says expert

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: “Women entrepreneurs in India have been resilient in growing their businesses without much government support.…

August 14, 2022 18:59 IST

Govt data: Only 18% of 1 crore registered MSMEs owned by women entrepreneurs

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: As of August 3, 2022, 17,96,408 enterprises were women-owned MSMEs out of the total…

August 14, 2022 15:36 IST

Video: Upskilling programmes are in plenty, but access is lopsided for women entrepreneurs, says expert

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: “Women do not have access to credit as easily as men do. Even if we…

August 4, 2022 12:58 IST

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