76,000 Start-ups in India are women-led: Jitendra Singh

Asserted India's path to becoming a developed nation by 2047

IH News Desk

NATIONAL, July 19, 2025: Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh has said that around 76,000 Start-ups in India are women-led with a significant number from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns. He asserted that India's path to becoming a developed nation by 2047 will be led by empowered women and youth as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the paradigm of Women-Led Development.

He was speaking at the launch of the Jeevika E-Learning Management System App and unveiled a publication celebrating women's contributions to Bihar's progress at New Delhi Saturday.

“The Modi Government has focused its governance architecture around four pillars: the Poor, Farmers, Youth, and Women, with women consistently placed at the top”, he stated. Singh highlighted the government's structured approach to women empowerment built across four key pillars: Access and Inclusion in Institutions, Scientific and Technological Empowerment, Economic and Social Empowerment and Workplace Reforms and Legal Sensitivity.

Minister opined that Indian women are no longer passive participants but strategic leaders across fields like space, civil services, and innovation. He also highlighted that the first-ever woman Director General now heads CSIR with over one-third of CSIR laboratories led by women scientists.

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