Hyderabad, Apr 20 (KNN) Women entrepreneurs need to fully utilize various opportunities available to them under different schemes such as MUDRA, Stand Up and Start Up to enhance income-generating activities, said Vice President of India.

He was speaking at the National Conclave on ‘Women’s Empowerment through Financial Literacy’ organized by the Learning Links Foundation in association with the Vodafone India Foundation, in Hyderabad.

Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu has asserted that the nation could not accelerate its progress unless women were involved as equal stakeholders in every sphere of activity.

He urged the governments at State and the Centre, NGOs and civic society at large to collectively work towards educating women on financial management.

He observed that educating women and girls about financial services, instilling the discipline of financial investment in them early would not only make them run households better, but would also help bring a turnaround in the fortunes of our country.

The Vice President said that financial inclusion was one of the most effective accelerators of economic participation by women and called for efforts to generate or create programs and modules to increase financial literacy among women.

He also complimented the Jaadu Ginni Ka campaign, a financial literacy initiative in India working in 15 states.

Our experience with women Self Help Groups (SHGs) operating out of various villages and rural habitats not only gives us hope but also creates confidence in the inherent entrepreneurial skill among the women of the country, he added.

The Chairperson of Learning Links Foundation, Dr. Anjlee Prakash, the Managing Director of Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Shri P. Chinna Thataiah, the Director of Vodafone India Foundation, Shri P. Balaji and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.