Nepal Offers Women Entrepreneurs Up to Rs 300K in Tech Aid

By: Women Entrepreneurs Review International Team | Thursday, 8 October 2026

The Government of Nepal has introduced a new initiative to strengthen women-led enterprises by providing financial and technological assistance aimed at improving business capacity, supporting self-employment, and expanding women's participation in entrepreneurship. The program offers technology-related support of up to Rs 300,000 to eligible women entrepreneurs and women entrepreneur groups.

The initiative has been introduced by the Ministry of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities, and Social Security through the Procedure for Conducting Entrepreneurship Promotion Programs for Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneur Groups. Incorporating Women's Entrepreneurship Development, Financial Access, Support Capital, and Technological Assistance, 2026. The new framework focuses on creating stronger opportunities for women to start, develop, and expand their enterprises.

A key focus of the program is women's entrepreneurship development, particularly by addressing some of the practical challenges faced by women-owned businesses. In this scheme, individual women entrepreneurs will get technological support of up to Rs 200,000 and women entrepreneur groups will get technological support of up to Rs 300,000.

The support will be provided to women entrepreneurs to obtain machinery, tools, equipment etc. technology needed for their business. The government can help technological upgrading of enterprises to enhance production capacity, business operations and support women to develop sustainable income through entrepreneurship.

Key Highlights

• Government of Nepal offers women-led enterprises up to Rs 300,000
• Technology Support will help women upgrade machinery, tools, and equipment
• Program aims to enhance production, self-employment, and business growth

The program will be rolled out jointly with provincial and local governments to help deliver the program to women entrepreneurs in various regions. The strategy also focuses on enterprises utilizing local raw materials and local skills, encouraging enterprises that benefit the local economy, sustain traditional knowledge and livelihoods.

Agriculture, livestock, handicrafts, tourism, allo and dhaka weaving and homestay are among the priority sectors under the program. The areas are those where women are involved in some form and where further opportunities for the businesses to improve their productivity and market potential would result from the provision of technology, equipment and financial support.

The government has also incorporated an inclusion-focused approach into the program. Special priority will be given to women entrepreneurs belonging to the Haruwa-Charuwa, Kamlahari, Chamar, Dom, Chepang, and Badi communities. The initiative further identifies single women, survivors of violence, and women returning from foreign employment as priority beneficiaries.

In addition to delivering equipment and technology, the program aims to enhance women's financial liberty, enterprise development and expansion opportunities, and self-employment. The government plans to achieve this by providing technologic support along with support for entrepreneurship in a wider sense in order to improve the capabilities of women entrepreneurs and increase the number of sustainable livelihoods.

It is also part of a broader vision to enhance the inclusivity of women's economic participation by allocating support to women that might be harder to access capital, technology and formal business opportunities. The assistance might assist individual entrepreneurs, as well as women-led enterprises, in closing technology gaps and help enterprises become more productive and more business viable.

With the new procedure now in place, the government is positioning women entrepreneurs, locally driven businesses, traditional skills, and inclusive economic participation as important areas of its entrepreneurship development agenda.