Women Start Up

Delhi government will provide collateral-free loans of up to Rs 10 crore to women-led start ups and self help groups in the national capital, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Sunday. The government will also provide platforms in malls and large shopping complexes across the city to help indigenous products made by women self-help groups (SHGs) reach a wider market. "We are working on a wider scale to make the women of the capital self-reliant, entrepreneurial, and economically empowered. Arrangements have been made for providing collateral-free loans up to Rs 10 crore to women self-help groups and startups," Gupta said in a statement. She said the Delhi government itself would act as guarantor for such loans extended to women start ups and SHGs. Addressing the inauguration of a two-day 'Mega Self Help Group (SHG) Mela-2026' organised in Rohini on Saturday, Gupta said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consistently promoted the vision of 'Vocal for Local', 'Atmanirbhar Bharat',

The Economic Survey says rising female workforce participation must be backed by safer mobility, care infrastructure and flexible work to unlock women-led growth and shared domestic responsibilities

Of the over 8,000 women-led startups, 2,316 have received funding while about 6,000 are unfunded. Women tech entrepreneurs have cornered 14.8% share of the overall tech funding pie at $23 billion

Women remain heavily under-represented at the top echelons in high-growth private businesses in the region, with only 848 of nearly 15,000 firms across the region led or founded by a woman

Women are also being involved in honey production, making solar energy equipment, online marketing, and training to make digital videos

Traders should handhold and encourage women startups to set up businesses to help them enter the mainstream of trade and commerce, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

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Several issues in terms of the low institutional mechanism to nurture women innovators, age-barrier issues, leaky pipeline, funding for women-led start-ups, leadership, gender bias were deliberated up

Since female-led start-ups face tougher funding prospects than male-led start-ups, fewer women enter the tech entrepreneur pipeline