The National Workshop on “Rural Business Incubators” called for the development of incubators throughout the country for localized access to overcoming finances, technology, capacities and market links.
SWATI SHARMA, a common secretary, a national rural mission mission, said at the workshop organized by Kudumbashree and the National Rural Mission, there is no universal approach.
She said that concentration on main centers, such as state capitals for incubation, would not help because women around the country need opportunities. It was necessary to use academic or research institutions other than IIM or IIT; starting businesses; And the private sector players who could work as incubators and expand orders with businesses.
Challenges
The second day of the three -day program began with a panel discussion on “financing sustainable rural enterprises”. Panellists, who included a representative from the private sector, discussed the calls in finding adequate capital, those representing the absence of rural credit officials who carefully understood community enterprises, evaluation of business thinking, reducing credit costs, constantly inspiring entrepreneurs, and understanding entrepreneurs. The proposal was that mediation start -ups to function as aggregators for state missions in the countryside (SRLM) to build a brand and go to the market when connected with their own groups. One Panellist emphasized the need to prevent nano entrepreneurs from exploiting and ensuring that they have an agency in terms of loans. Another pilellist spoke of creating teams without a farm that helped diversify the risk between AO members of the possibility to turn to mixed finance.
It was emphasized that each company incubated in four countries where the incubation program was piloted by NRLM created 2.6 jobs.
Increase in income
The second meeting of “knowledge and considerations – SHG Enterprise Incubators” moderated by Subrangshu Sanyal, CEO Iim Calcutta Innovation Park, saw Nirmal Mahata and Madhumita Parihari, two recipients in the incubation project in West Bengal, telling from 75 years for three years, most reinforcements. West Bengal.
Indraine Das, State Program Manager, Enterprise Promotion, Assam Srlm, spoke about how it was helped to prepare business plans, brands, acquire loans and decide how to sell their product outside its area, district and state.
Anand BV, a state program manager, non-Farm Liveliography, Karnataka SRLM, said that his state proposes a change to extend the incubator to include entrepreneurs who were not part of it.
Dr. Sanyal introduced the learning of the incubation program, which included 450 businesses in four countries where it was piloted. These businesses generated the income of the CRORE 244 GBP, provided employment to more than 13,000 women, and 59 of these 450 “didis” exceeded 1 crore.
Published – 11 September 2025 20:15
