{"id":25529,"date":"2025-10-27T12:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25529"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:54:28","slug":"women-entrepreneurship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/women-entrepreneurship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Entrepreneurship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Women Entrepreneurship Program:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is designed to address the distinct <strong>challenges that women<\/strong> face when starting and growing <strong>businesses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This initiative aims to empower approximately <strong>25 lakh women across India<\/strong>, providing them with the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to <strong>start<\/strong> and <strong>grow successful businesses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is in partnership with <strong>Britannia Industries Limited<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative will also <strong>offer financial grants<\/strong> and feature their products and services on the <strong>Skill India Digital Hub,<\/strong> reflecting a strong commitment to fostering an inclusive environment for women entrepreneurs.<\/li>\n<li>NSDC, with support from the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), will offer free <strong>online self-learning entrepreneurship<\/strong> courses through the Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH).<\/li>\n<li>These courses, available in <strong>multiple languages<\/strong>, will cover crucial topics such as entrepreneurial skills, enterprise setup, finance basics, digital skills, and market analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key facts about the National Skill Development Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was established on July 31, 2008, as a <strong>not-for-profit<\/strong> public limited company under section 25 of the <strong>Companies Act, 1956.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It operates as a unique <strong>Public Private Partnership<\/strong> (PPP) model under the Ministry of Skill Development &amp; Entrepreneurship (MSDE).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Skill India Digital (SID) Platform?<\/h3>\n<p>Skill India Digital (SID) Platform serves as India\u2019s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for the skill development, education, employment and entrepreneurship ecosystem. This Platform aims to bring all skilling initiatives under a single umbrella and provide skill development and entrepreneurial support to people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2039876#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Women Entrepreneurship Program launched to empower women entrepreneurs and spurring economic growth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women Entrepreneurship Program   is designed to address the distinct challenges that women face when starting and growing businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}