The government, through the Stand-Up India initiative, plans to empower over 2.5 lakh Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes and women entrepreneurs.
“For promoting entrepreneurship, the National SC/ST Hub has been launched with an initial allocation of Rs 490 crore,” he said.
The President further said that the Bharat Net project, optical fibre cable now cover over 75,700 gram panchayats, up from only 59 in May 2014.
He said coal block and spectrum auctions illustrate the highest standards of transparency set by the Government in allocation of natural resources. To carry this forward, Government procurements have been brought under a single platform – Government eMarket Place (GeM), he observed.
The government, he said, has approved North East BPO promotion scheme in the digital India programme for creation of employment opportunities.
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