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The Hindu
18-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Women entrepreneurs in MSME a force towards India's long-term development
A two-day national seminar on empowering women entrepreneurs in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) began at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) here on Friday. Jointly organised by Central University of Andhra Pradesh, ICFAI School of Social Sciences and CESS, along with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), SERP-Telangana, Stree Nidhi, SIDBI-Telangana and WASSAN, the event highlights the crucial role of women entrepreneurs MSMEs as a driving force toward India's long-term development vision or 'Viksit Bharat @2047'. Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman G. Chinna Reddy, explaining the State government's commitment to women-centric policies, SHGs and MSME development, stressed the need to integrate sectors such as housing, textiles and food processing under a comprehensive development model. This will empower women across all dimensions of human progress, he said. There is also the need for improved access to institutional credit and greater policy support for women entrepreneurs, he added. Registrar (in-charge) of Central University of Andhra Pradesh, C. Sheela Reddy emphasised the transformative potential of MSMEs and the importance of amplifying women's voices in national development. Vice-Chancellor of ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education L.S. Ganesh underscored the need to contribute to value addition in India's workforce through better integration and capacity-building. Director of School of Enterprise Management (SEM) at the National Institute for MSME, Eranti Vijaya called for targeted capacity-building and institutional support to bridge gaps and challenges being faced by women in MSMEs — limited awareness of government schemes, lack of bank-friendly evaluation mechanisms for micro-enterprises and inadequate technical and digital literacy among rural women.
The Hindu
31-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Chinna Reddy calls for farmer welfare dept. within Agriculture dept.
HYDERABAD Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman G. Chinna Reddy has emphasised the need for a separate 'Farmer Welfare Department' within the Agriculture Department, modelled after the Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare. He also called for reservation in education, healthcare, and other fields for the families of farmers. Speaking at a training session for government junior assistants at the MCRHRD on Saturday, Mr. Reddy highlighted the importance of enhancing farmers' welfare. He pointed out that during the previous Congress governments, there was a Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and the same system continues in the neighboring state. However, during the previous BRS government in the State, the Farmers Welfare Department was removed from the Agriculture Department, and even in the current Congress-ruled government, there is no Farmers Welfare Department in the Agriculture Department. Mr. Reddy suggested that the department should be renamed as the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department. He also said that the children from farming families who have endured many hardships and losses to grow crops should be provided reservations in admissions in educational institutions and subsidies in medical care. He also underscored the importance of technology in agriculture, mentioning that artificial intelligence (AI) can help in accurately spotting diseases affecting crops. Centre for Telangana Studies Head Capt. Panduranga Reddy, Faculty B. Srinivas, and others were present.
