Archive · 25 Oct 2025
Bihar's Jeevika Mission: Women Invest ₹10,000 in Enterprises
In Bihar, about a crore of women in the Jeevika Mission got ₹10,000 each.
These women are using the money to start small businesses.
Some are buying things like goats, sewing machines, or pottery tools.
Others are putting the money towards education or jewelry.
Experts say that while this money helps in the short term, it might not have a big impact unless the women get training, access to markets, and easy credit.
ThePrint visited Nalanda district to see how these women are turning the cash into their own businesses.
Approximately one crore women in Bihar's Jeevika Mission received a ₹10,000 installment.
ThePrint visited Nalanda district to observe how women spent the money.
Women invested in items such as livestock, sewing machines, and pottery equipment.
Some women used the money for education or jewellery.
Economists suggest that the impact could be limited without training, markets, and credit.
- Who
- Women of Bihar's Jeevika Mission
- What
- Using a ₹10,000 installment from the government for various investments.
- When
- The article does not specify when the money was received
- Where
- Nalanda district, Bihar
- Why
- The reason for the distribution is not stated in the article.
- Program Name
- Jeevika Mission
- Location
- Nalanda district, Bihar
- Amount Received (per woman)
- ₹10,000
- Number of Women Receiving Funds
- Approximately 1 crore