India, Feb. 10 -- In every Budget speech, beyond the tables of numbers and fiscal arithmetic, lies a deeper story - the story of where a nation wishes to place its next generation of builders. This year, the Finance Minister's announcement of a new SHE - Self Help Entrepreneurs scheme is one such moment. It signals a decisive belief that women should not be merely beneficiaries of development, but should be drivers of growth, architects of prosperity, and importantly, owners of enterprise.

At the Adani Foundation, we have been working based on this conviction for a long time. For over a decade, our work across India has been anchored in a simple yet powerful idea: that empowering women across their life stages creates multiplier effects ...