The Empowered Committee of the Ministry of Rural Development reviewed the proposals under the Non-Farm Livelihoods (NFL) component of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission in New Delhi. The meeting aimed to strengthen and scale up women-led rural enterprises and create a pathway for small-scale Self-Help Group enterprises to graduate into higher-order, growth-oriented businesses. It was chaired by Secretary of Rural Development Rohit Kansal.

During the meeting, discussions focused on accelerating entrepreneurship-led livelihood opportunities for rural women and contributing to the national goal of making 6 crore Lakhpati Didis. The Committee also considered four new incubator proposals from Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, with IIT Patna, IIM Jammu, IIM Lucknow and IIT Gandhinagar as the proposed incubator partners.