❖ Around 130 enterprises will get mentored under the Tamil Nadu Rural Incubator and Start-up Enabler (TN-RISE) initiative

. ❖ It is including start-ups from across Tamil Nadu, which are led by women entrepreneurs.

❖ From January to June, we have conducted 31 district boot camps which attracted approximately 2,500 enterprises.

❖ TN-RISE operates as a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNRTP)

. ❖ TN-RISE will Enable: o Rural women entrepreneurs to have access to the government and its schemes; o Access to entrepreneurial and corporate community; access to support community; and o Access to be a part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the State.