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Govt to set up Social Entrepreneurship Fund



KATHMANDU: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen Parbat Gurung has said preparations were underway to establish a ‘Social Entrepreneurship Fund’ under the Social Welfare Council (SWC).

Speaking at a virtual program today, Minister Gurung said that the fund aims to end dependence for social organizations on foreign financial assistances to carry out social and humanitarian service.

He also pledged to formulate acts and laws related to entrepreneurship and urged concerned authorities to provide necessary suggestions for formulating acts and laws to move forward the social entrepreneurship campaign.

Minister Gurung also expressed the hope that social entrepreneurship campaign would contribute to making women economically self-reliant so as to help end violence against women.

Publish Date : 30 August 2020 22:56 PM

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