Ms. Nengneithem Hengna, Founder of Runway Nagaland, GIZ Project Her&Now entrepreneur :
“It would be great to see the budget focus on allocating more funding to women-led businesses that are promoting and preserving indigenous art and craft, that create direct employment and build resilience amongst local communities.”
Mr. Akshay Singhal, Founder, Log 9 materials, working in Nanotechnology Domain and EV:
I think for startups there are already a lot of initiatives in action, improved mechanisms for the execution of those schemes is extremely important. However, I am more concerned about the economy as a whole. To boost the economy my suggestion would be to increase spending under Swachh Bharat Scheme may be via MNREGA to get Indian cities clean by employing the bottom of the pyramid.