Chetna Sinha’s Mahila Sahakari Bank: Transforming The Lives of Rural Women Through Financial Inclusion

The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, once remarked, “You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.” In ancient India, women were considered equal to men in all aspects of life. They were worshipped as goddesses and treated with honor in society. With the passage of time, however, the social fabric of the country changed. Women, especially those in rural India, began to face discrimination and became victims of atrocities...