PepsiCo & CARE are collaborating to run the ‘She Feeds the World’ programme in India, beginning with West Bengal. Overall target is to enhance the livelihoods of 2.5 lakh people in the agricultural supply chain by 2030.
Walmart Foundation provides 3 grants for empowerment of smallholder farmers via FPOs, in the States of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, with intent to cover 39 FPOs and 60,000 smallholder farmers.
Kyndryl and Meity have partnered up to start ‘Cyber Rakshak’, a Cybersecurity Skills Program for women. It will train 1 lakh women in 3 years.
Karnataka State Government has started deploying the software ‘Panchatantra 2.0’ to make village Panchayats more accountable. The software records and uploads the decisions in meetings via digital signatures.
UP State Government will give 60% subsidy to weavers per new powerloom, on purchase of 2 new powerlooms, if the weaver is from the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Communities.
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