New Delhi, March 12 -- As many as 1,200 female students fr0m participating higher education institutions under the Swavalambini Women Entrepreneurship Programme are targeted for entrepreneurship awareness training, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh informed the Lok Sabha.
The initiative is being implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in collaboration with NITI Aayog under its Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP).
Launched in February 2025 as a pilot project, the programme is currently being implemented in six higher educational institutions across Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.
Programme Goals
The proje...