In order to boost India’s economic growth, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that promoting women entrepreneurs will be key strategy for the country to grow at the rate of 9-10% for three decades consistently and reap the dividend of demographic advantage. He also pointed to Khap Panchayats of Haryana for not providing adequate opportunity for health, education and nutrition to women, which kept certain state districts as worst performers on aspirational scale.
Kant also said if women don’t do well then the society faces an inter-generational cycle of malnutrition and infant mortality. He added that India needs far more contribution of women in GDP. Women contribute about 22% of the country’s GDP, while the worldwide average is close to 44-45%. Therefore, he said that if India has to grow consistently at 9-10% for three decades and reap dividend of demographic advantage, the focus on women entrepreneurship has to be key aspect of growth strategy.
Niti Aayog CEO further noted that whenever opportunity has been provided to women they have performed much better than men. He added ‘Our belief is that if you want to transform India, then you need to give huge fillip to women entrepreneurship’.
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