New Delhi, Nov 09: Concerned over the plight of poor women in the country, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today asked the finance ministry, financial institutions and NGO's to come out with a broad action plan for the informal sector with special focus on the gender issue. "I suggest that the ministry of finance, in collaboration with other ministries, banking and financial institutions and even non-government agencies prepare a broad action plan for promoting the poverty eradication potential of the informal sector", he said while inaugurating the gender poverty summit.
Vajpayee said gender issues should be the specific focus of this action plan and the successful experience of other countries in this regard should be suitably incorporated.
Bureau Report