Decoding government support to women entrepreneurs in India

MSC collaborated with NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to publish this report, which fills a critical knowledge gap by detailing the length and breadth of the Government of India’s existing support to entrepreneurs through various central and state government schemes. It identifies six key ecosystem needs of entrepreneurship promotion, training and skilling, mentoring and networking, access to finance, market linkages, and business support services. The report maps government entrepreneurship support schemes across these six needs and shares insights on ecosystem needs that remain unserved or underserved. It shares some good practices implemented by state governments to improve the access and uptake of schemes. It makes key recommendations on the design and delivery of schemes to make them more accessible and effective for women entrepreneurs.