In a country where female labour participation remains disturbingly low, and where women run less than 13 per cent of the country’s small businesses, social entrepreneurship ventures such as these desperately require larger conversations and engagement. These pad banks are scalable, self-sustainable and replicable. Since the seed funding required for the initial setting up of these banks is relatively reasonable and the business model simple, this is an idea that has good potential.

Read full article here: https://www.femina.in/trending/in-the-news/pad-banks-how-girls-are-becoming-entrepreneurs-while-fulfilling-a-need-213293.html