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Minister of state for rural development Ram Kripal Yadav addresses the closing ceremony of the four-day All-India Road Show on Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship project (AIRSWEEE) training workshop in Patna on Saturday.

TT Bureau Published 18.03.18, 12:00 AM

**BIZ BOOST:** Minister of state for rural development Ram Kripal Yadav addresses the closing ceremony of the four-day All-India Road Show on Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship project (AIRSWEEE) training workshop in Patna on Saturday. The project tries to empower women of Tier II and Tier III cities by encouraging them to start their own businesses. The event was held in partnership with Bihar Entrepreneurship Association. Ram Kripal said: "There are 26,000 start-ups in the country and around 6,000 to 7,000 are being started every year. Under the Mudra Yojana, 76 per cent of loan receivers were women. Our government will provide maximum support to women-run enterprises." Text by SM Shahbaz, picture by Manoj Kumar

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