<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif times new roman,times,serif;">NITI Aayog's Women Entrepreneurs Platform has signed five Statements of Intent (SoIs) with financial institutions and social organisations to provide assistance to women entrepreneurs and address the finance related challenges faced by them. The SoIs were inked with Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank Limited, Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited, SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited, Sreemanta Sankar Mission and the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA).</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif times new roman,times,serif;">Through its partner organisations, the WEP aims to create opportunities and support women to help them realise their entrepreneurial aspirations, scale up innovative initiatives, and chalk out sustainable and long-term strategies for their businesses.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif times new roman,times,serif;">The WEP was established on the occasion of International Womens' Day in March this year to substantially increase the number of women entrepreneurs who will create and empower a dynamic New India.</span></p>