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Women Key to India's 2047 Vision, Says Dr Priti Adani at Empowerment Summit

Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of the Adani Foundation, stated that women must be central architects of India's journey to becoming a developed nation by 2047. She highlighted on-ground initiatives, such as using mobile apps to empower women farmers and forming dairy collectives, which have improved incomes and confidence. The Foundation's health and livelihood programs, like SuPoshan and Swabhimaan, have supported hundreds of thousands of women. She stressed that empowerment requires expanding access to skills, finance, and markets, not charity, and welcomed policy measures supporting women entrepreneurs.

Key Points: Women Must Anchor India's Viksit Bharat 2047 Journey: Dr Priti Adani

  • Women as architects of growth
  • Grassroots economic participation key
  • Tech boosts women farmers' productivity
  • SHGs empower dairy sector livelihoods
  • Policy must shift from intent to action
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Women must anchor India's journey to Viksit Bharat at 2047: Dr Priti Adani

Dr Priti Adani emphasizes women's economic participation as central to India's developed nation goal by 2047, citing grassroots initiatives.

"Empowerment is not about charity, but about expanding access to skills, finance, markets and leadership opportunities. - Dr Priti Adani"

New Delhi, Feb 26

Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of the Adani Foundation, on Thursday said that women must be recognised as central architects of India's growth story as the country moves towards becoming a developed nation by 2047.

Speaking at the 'Sashakt Nari, Viksit Bharat' conference organised by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) in the national capital, the Chairperson stressed that women's economic participation is essential for achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.

Welcoming Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi, Dr Priti Adani said there is strong policy momentum behind women-led development.

However, she urged that the focus must now move from intent to sustained economic participation at the grassroots level.

Drawing from on-ground experience, Dr Priti Adani said empowerment begins with access. In rural areas where formal education levels are often limited, women farmers supported by the Adani Foundation have been introduced to simple agricultural mobile applications.

These apps help them with irrigation planning, fertiliser use, seed selection and tracking mandi prices.

According to her, better access to information has improved productivity, raised incomes and boosted confidence among women farmers.

She also highlighted progress in the dairy sector, where collective efforts have strengthened women's earning potential.

More than 3,500 women are now part of self-help group-led milk collection centres facilitated by the Adani Foundation, handling over 75 lakh litres of milk annually.

Transparent pricing, quality testing and organised procurement have helped improve income stability and bargaining power.

Referring to the Adani Foundation's maternal and women's health initiative 'SuPoshan', Dr Priti Adani said trained local women volunteers have supported better health outcomes for over 3.25 lakh women in the reproductive age group.

She added that the 'Swabhimaan' programme has enabled more than 4,500 women across 300 enterprise self-help groups to build sustainable livelihoods.

Dr Priti Adani underlined that empowerment is not about charity, but about expanding access to skills, finance, markets and leadership opportunities.

She said that recent policy measures, including the Self-Help Entrepreneurs initiative announced in the Union Budget, are important steps in helping women move from micro-credit participation to becoming enterprise owners with access to growth capital.

- IANS

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Rahul R
Absolutely agree. My mother was part of a self-help group in our village, and the difference it made to her confidence and our family's income was night and day. Moving from micro-credit to actual enterprise ownership is the key.
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Sarah B
While the initiatives mentioned are commendable, I hope the focus on "sustained economic participation" also tackles the urban-rural divide and includes women in tech and formal sectors. The vision for 2047 needs women in boardrooms and labs, not just farms.
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Arjun K
The point about empowerment not being charity is spot on. It's about creating systems and access. Teaching a woman farmer to use an app for mandi prices gives her real power. More of this, please!
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Kavya N
Health and economic growth go hand-in-hand. Glad to see the 'SuPoshan' initiative getting a mention. A healthy mother leads to a healthier family and a more productive community. This is nation-building.
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Vikram M
Good to see corporate foundations stepping up with actionable plans. But the real test is scalability. Can these models be replicated across thousands of villages by 2047? That's the challenge for Viksit Bharat.

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