K'taka Launches Gruha Lakshmi Digital Marketing Portal for Women

By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 14 January 2026

• Karnataka Department of Women & Child Development initiated Gruha Lakshmi Digital Marketing
• This project has the objective of helping women entrepreneurs in the state of Karnataka

Gruha Lakshmi Digital Marketing is an online platform launched by the Women and Child Development Department of the state of Karnataka.

This is an effort by the state to utilize the platform for women entrepreneurs so as to provide equal opportunities to women of Karnataka. It helps women display their products online and connect to the larger market.

It has been introduced in the light of guidance of Chief Minister Sri Siddaramaiah & Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

It is steered by Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Minister of Women & Child Development, Disabled & Senior Citizens Empowerment, Government of Karnataka, & led by G. Padmavathi, Chairperson, Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation.

This portal, to be accessed via the website http://www.gruhalakshmidigital.org, is a state-funded e-commerce portal.

Its purpose is to help women entrepreneurs in the whole state to market their products through the website, especially women artisans who, in most cases, lack the means necessary to market their products.

Important Features of the Portal are features a variety of goods created by women entrepreneurs, it gives women from rural and urban settings the chance "Features verified entrepreneurs who registered through official channels." Provides a user-friendly interface for the customers and register for Women Entrepreneurs

The Government of Karnataka has invited women entrepreneurs to register on the platform to list their products.

Online applications have to be submitted on the official website by contacting the respective “District In-charge Officer”.