Maneka Sanjay Gandhi reviews the working of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi reviewed the working of the Rashtriya Mahila Kosh at its 56th Governing Board Meeting held in New Delhi on Wednesday. Addressing the members, the Minister appreciated the efforts made by the officials of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh in launching the Mahila E-Haat recently.

Mahila E-Haat, an online marketing platform for women was launched on 7th March, 2016 by the WCD Minister, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi. Mahila E-Haat is a unique online platform where participants can display their products for sale.

Addressing the members at the Board meeting today, Smt Maneka Gandhi said that the goal of Mahila E-Haaat is to have at least one lakh vendors display their products at the site. Several issues pertaining to Mahila E-Haat were also discussed like arranging logistics for pickup and delivery of products, signing of MoU with e-Bay, optimization of Mahila E-Haat on search engines, design and quality of products and training of vendors among other things.

She also reviewed the vacancy situation in the Rashtriya Mahila Kosh as well as the recovery of outstanding loans. Smt Maneka Gandhi appreciated the RMK officials for their efforts made to recover loan from defaulters over the last two years. She instructed them to take further appropriate measures for the recovery of remaining loans. The officials of RMK assured that all steps will be taken in this regard.

Secretary, WCD, V. Somasundaram, Vice-President of RMK, Smt Nandini Azad, Executive Director of RMK, Smt Rashmi Saxena Sahni and other members of the Board attended the meeting.