India, July 19 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, said that around 76,000 StartUps in India today are women-led and a large number of them from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns.

The Minister said that India's path to becoming a developed nation by 2047 will be led by empowered women and youth, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the paradigm of Women-Led Development. Dr. Jitendra Singh was addressing the one-day conference titled "Viksit Bihar: Envisioning a Developed Bihar through Women's Participation", join...