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03/06/23 06:23 AM IST

100 Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes

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  • The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) announced the launch of 100 Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes (EAPs).
About the programme
  • It was launched for potential women entrepreneurs across the country at Vikram University in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain.
  • The aim of the EAP is to orient participating women to the benefits of adopting entrepreneurship as a career, learn the finer skills and overcome social, economic, and familial barriers to becoming entrepreneurs.
  • The EAPs are aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills among women so that they could gain knowledge, skills and motivation to build their own businesses.
  • Women need to be encouraged to become economically empowered. India has a conducive ecosystem to support women entrepreneurship. Given this, women are getting motivated to set up their MSMEs.
Source- PIB

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