DCCI Women Cell

DCCI Women Cell at a glance :

Welcome to DCCI Women Cell. We’re exclusively working on women’s economic and social empowerment. It is a non-profit, non-political organization established few years ago with an enlightened aim to encourage and strengthen women’s participation in the private sector as entrepreneurs through promoting a women friendly business environment. DCCI Women Cell is a strong community voice, lobbying for micro to macro women entrepreneurs to assist their growth and to improve their social and economic prospects.

DCCI Women Cell is the district’s first chamber of commerce, which is exclusively working on women’s economic and social empowerment. As a result of its unbroken efforts towards promotion of a gender friendly business environment, private sector development and grassroots women participation in economic sectors. The rapid increases in its membership from diversified sectors every year and expansion of its working areas and services across the country may be mentioned here as one of the indicators of its successful and dynamic journey towards its enlightened vision.

WHY WOMEN’S CELL

Confederation of Purbo and Paschim Medinipur District Chamber of Commerce and Industry We have brought together the scattered women entrepreneurs and traders from Medinipur district. This is our women’s wing to inform the women about the government’s past facilities scheme, various loans in the business industry and to make proper use of those schemes. Women in business are not a recent phenomenon in India. The role of Women Entrepreneur in economic development is being recognized and steps are being taken to promote women entrepreneurship.
According to Sixth Economic Census women constitute around 14% of the total entrepreneurship i.e. 8.05 million out of the total 58.5 million entrepreneurs. These establishments provided employment to 13.45 million persons (10.24%), out of which 83.19% were without hired workers.
Out of this, 2.76 million women constituting 13.3% of women entrepreneurs work in agriculture sector whereas 5.29 million women constituting more than 65% work in non-agriculture sector. Among non-agricultural activities owned by women entrepreneurs, manufacturing and retail trade were the dominant ones with corresponding percentages being 29.8% and 17.8% respectively.
India has potential to increase footprint in global arena with women entrepreneurs provided there is holistic integration of policies and schemes. However, there are few factors restricting women entrepreneurs in India are access to credit, education and experience, domestic responsibilities, and access to vocational skills and training.
Government has initiated certain supportive measure to boost up the women entrepreneurship scene in India. Initiatives such as Stand Up India, Mudra Yojana Scheme, TREAD (Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development) Scheme, Mahila Udyam Nidhi Scheme, Annapurna Scheme, Stree Shakti Package for Women Entrepreneurs, Bhartiya Mahila Business Bank Loan, Dena Shakti Scheme, Udyogini Scheme, Cent Kalyani Scheme have been taken up by the Government to kindle the entrepreneur spirit among women.
However, information needs to reach the intended target group for making these schemes successful. DCCI as a part of its endeavour is trying to get across the information to the targeted group through its various programmes and events by working with the stakeholders, especially the industry, government and academia. DCCI through policy advocacy and thought leadership has been actively engaged in promoting to the participation of Women in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.