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New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Women in India are no longer just accessing small loans — they are now actively shaping the country’s credit market by moving into retail and business lending, NITI Aayog CEO Nidhi Chhibber said.A new report released by NITI Aayog highlighted a major shift in how women engage with the formal credit system.Titled “From Borrowers to Builders: Women and India’s Evolving Credit Market”, the report showed that women are increasingly benefiting from the expansion of …

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Kisan Trust organised the ‘Aparajita Samman Samaroh 2026’ on the occasion of International Women’s Day, bringing together policymakers, experts and women achievers to discuss empowerment and recognise the courage and achievements of women, including acid attack survivors.The programme, attended by hundreds of women from Delhi and Muzaffarnagar, featured discussions on women’s economic participation, employment opportunities and rehabilitation of acid attack surv…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Merely building AI infrastructure is not enough, and it must be used to transform people’s lives on a large scale, according to Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow at NITI Aayog, who stressed that the ‘AI Impact Summit 2026’ being held in the national capital is “India’s technology philosophy”.Speaking to IANS here during the Summit, Ghosh stressed that everything we have built, including AI, is “inclusion first”.”Everything, like you think about DPI, you think about…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The ‘AI Impact Summit 2026’ should become a medium through which India’s position globally as a leading AI player can be established, said Anna Roy, Mission Director, Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), and Programme Director at NITI Aayog.She announced a dedicated capacity-building programme for 150 shortlisted women-led AI startups at the event, which will include structured mentorship and networking support in collaboration with ecosystem partners, underscoring…