Jammu Kashmir Has 95654 Women Workers In MSMEs, As 184314 MSMEs Are Led by Women

SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir has 536,478 women working in MSMEs and 184,315 MSMEs are led by women, according to official data placed in the Lok Sabha. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The latest figures placed before Parliament show a marked rise in the participation of women in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises across Jammu and Kashmir, both as workers and as enterprise owners. The data, part of an unstarred question answered on December 4, reveals a two-sided story: women employed in MSMEs have increased steadily since 2020, and women-led enterprises have also expanded during the same period.

According to the reply by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Jammu and Kashmir registered 26,237 MSMEs in 2020–21 employing 35,368 women. This rose i