Information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad who lauded efforts of the village level entrepreneurs in offering services like Aadhaar, banking, insurance and promoting digital literacy in rural India. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintNew Delhi: Village entrepreneurs operating common services centres (CSCs) have the power to transform India by empowering locals and creating employment opportunities in rural India, information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday. Prasad addressed around 2,000 women entrepreneurs including those from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha and Maharashtra, at an event in New Delhi. Under the ‘Stree Swabhiman’ project, sanitary napkin micro manufacturing units are being set up at CSCs across India, particularly those operated by women entrepreneurs. “The initiative is driven by awareness and personalised outreach by women entrepreneurs who produce and market sanitary napkins themselves,” an official release said.

Source: Mint January 27, 2018 10:18 UTC