Women and Children

Wednesday, 26th August 2026: As India moves towards the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, the meaning of economic empowerment is evolving. Development is no longer only about creating access to education, skills and employment; it is increasingly about enabling people to participate meaningfully in economic growth, build sustainable livelihoods and create opportunities for others. For women, this shift carries particular significance. Across India’s villages, towns and cities, women possess skills and ideas with immense economic potential. They stitch, cook, create handicrafts, provide beauty services, manage dairy activities and undertake a range of livelihood activities, often without access to the business knowledge, markets, digital tools and mentorship required to turn these capabilities into sustainable enterprises. This raises an important question: How

Mumbai, 14th August 2026: Building on progress made in 2025 through the women’s empowerment program in Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ambuja Foundation and Aramco have extended the “Empowering Women” initiative for an additional year in 2026. This year, the project will focus on expanding opportunities for women in the region through training in stitching, tailoring, and block printing. In 2025, a Common Facility Center (CFC) was established as part of the project to provide training and support in tailoring and garment production. The initiative trained 200 women, including 100 who received advanced training. Additionally, 45 women have started entrepreneurial activities and are earning an income through tailoring at the production unit. The program has supported improved livelihood opportunities, increased financial

MoU signed with Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Bihar A deeply personal milestone for Vedanta Group’s Chairman, Shri Anil Agarwal as the movement enters his home state Marking its expansion into the 18th state of India Patna, Bihar | 20th July 2026. In a landmark step towards strengthening India’s early childhood development ecosystem, Nand Ghar, Vedanta’s flagship social impact project under the Anil Agarwal Foundation, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Bihar, to transform 1,000 existing Anganwadis into modern Nand Ghars across the state which will impact nearly 1,00,000 children, women & community members in the state. Each Nand Ghar is designed as a state-of-the-art, holistic

With the support of M3M Foundation, Bhagyashree Mahila Anath Ashram is not only rehabilitating women, but also reconnecting families that were once separated. Hisar, Haryana: Many times, a person is not just lost from home, but is also lost from the lives of their loved ones. A room in the house remains exactly the same for years. The clothes kept in the cupboard remain untouched. Every sound at the door brings the hope that perhaps this time, she has returned. Every unknown phone call makes the heart race, hoping that there might finally be some news. But for many families, all that remains is waiting. A wait that continues not for months, but for years. Maya Devi… Phooli Devi… Ramrati…

A first-of-its-kind catalytic grant and mentorship programme seeks to demonstrate that women excluded from formal finance can build successful, sustainable enterprises The Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd. (IMFA), through its CSR arm, Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), announced the launch of the Sakhi Seed Initiative—an innovative programme designed to support rural and nano women entrepreneurs who are often excluded from traditional sources of finance despite possessing viable business ideas and strong entrepreneurial potential. Under the initiative, ten women entrepreneurs will each receive a grant of ₹5 lakh, along with structured business mentorship from XIM Bhubaneswar, enabling them to strengthen and scale sustainable enterprises. The programme is built on the principle of catalytic capital—patient, risk-tolerant funding that empowers entrepreneurs at the earliest and most vulnerable

Pune, 11 June 2026 – Bajaj Auto Foundation, the CSR arm of Bajaj Auto Limited, today announced a landmark commitment of INR 400 crore over the next decade to empower women engineers through the Rupa Rahul Bajaj Scholarship for Women in Engineering (RRBSWE). The Rupa Rahul Bajaj Scholarship, India’s largest Scholarship Programme for Women in core engineering has been conceived for meritorious young women pursuing core engineering disciplines including Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Industrial Instrumentation, Mechatronics, Robotics, and allied fields. Under the programme, scholars will receive financial support of up to INR 8 lakh across the course of their engineering education at 40 leading engineering institutions including IITs, NITs, IIITs, and reputed state and private universities. Beyond financial assistance, the scholarship

1.1Lakh women to be enabled as Lakhpati Didis (PLDs) over three years,through streamlined access to livelihood schemes and subsidized finance National, 28 May 2026: Under its RevolutioNari initiative, PepsiCo India has partnered with the Haryana State Rural Livelihoods Mission (HSRLM) and Indus Action to strengthen the implementation of the Government’s Lakhpati Didi Yojana. Anchored in PepsiCo India’s Partnership of Progress philosophy, the initiative aims to build an enabling ecosystem that connects Self-Help Groups (SHG) women with livelihood schemes, subsidized finance, and market-linked opportunities, by supporting their journey towards achieving sustainable annual household incomes of over ₹1 lakh. The initiative is projected to support 1.1 lakh Potential Lakhpati Didis over three years, enabling improved access to cash transfers, subsidised productive assets