“More than half of young Women (ages 15-24) in the state are neither engaged in education, nor employment or training. Empowering these young Women through life skills education, skills training and helping them complete their secondary education will improve the economic and social opportunities available to them, and enable Jharkhand to benefit from the demographic dividend,” said Junaid Ahmad, World Bank India Country Director at the signing of the Tejaswini project.
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Government of India, Government of Jharkhand and World Bank signed a US$ 63 million credit agreement for the Tejaswini: SocioEconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls & Young Women Project in Jharkhand.
