Lok Sabha Question No. 4559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Problems Faced by Women Entrepreneurs
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4559

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2016

## PROBLEMS  FACED BY WOEMEN  ENTREPRENEURS

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SHRI SHRIRANG  APPA BARNE:   SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:  SHRI VINAYAK  BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether aspiring women entrepreneurs planning start up ventures face a lot of barriers in terms of support and resources and if so, the details thereof and the reason thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to launch a special start up  programme for women in the information technology sector;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) Whether the Government is starting a separate programme to open up more space for the women in technology sector;
- (e) if so, whether the proposed plan will be launched in all metros and non-metro cities;
- (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the extent to which it will provide support and access to resources to the young talented people?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (d): Various departments and Ministries have special programmes to support  women entrepreneurship.  The  Department  of  Science  &  Technology  (DST)  has  a  programme  of  Women Entrepreneurship  Development  which  helps  women  with  S&T  qualifications  to  get  training  and mentorship for starting  their  ventures.  In  addition  to  this,  DST  also  supports  activities  for  encouraging women to initiate and grow their start ups.   During 2016-17, under Start up India and Stand up India initiative,  special  short  term  programmes  to  tap  and  support  women  entrepreneurs  in  technology  viz Women  Entrepreneurship  Quest  Programme  (WEQ);  Women  Entrepreneurship  and  Empowerment Programme through mentoring and skilling and Accelerator Programme for women entrepreneurs have been supported by the DST. In another scheme entitled 'Women Scientist Scheme C' (Popularly known as KIRAN-IPR), women scientists are trained for creating, protecting and managing Intellectual Property. Further in the ongoing scheme of 'Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE)' administrated by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), 34 women entrepreneurs have been facilitated.

Women Technology Parks established by Department of Science & Technology (DST) act as a single window  hub  for  convergence  of  diverse  technologies,  and  adoption  of  location-specific  technologies, integrated with forward & backward linkages leading to development of women entrepreneurs. So far, 19 Women Technology Parks (WTPs) are fully functional benefitting about 20,000 women while 13 WTPs have been established during past two years.

- (a) to (g):   The ongoing schemes and programme are operating in metros as well as non metros.

The details of TIDE scheme, KIRAN-IPR scheme may please be seen from the following link: http://meity.gov.in/content/innovation-promotion-0 and http://115.112.95.114/wosc/online/aboutwosc.jsp respectively.

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