• Harsimran Singh

Our neighbor Pakistan though lacking in various aspects from our country and despite being a country with orthodox customs for women, was, due to the efforts of its former Prime Minister Benezir Bhutto (shaheed) the first one in the world to think and establish a bank called first Women Bank Limited catering to the banking needs of women entrepreneurs. The paper begins with the introduction of this bank followed by a mention of another such initiative taken by Tanzania. Finally, the paper tries to explain such a step taken by the government of India in the year 2013 with establishment of an all women bank named Bhartiya Mahila Bank. The paper brings to light the capital base, location and branches of the said bank. An effort is made to explain the objectives of setting up such bank along with the issues to be addressed by it, the criticism such an initiative has faced and the future prospects of the bank. Furthermore, the paper gives suggestions for the bank to be a great initiative for women empowerment.

Women bank, initiative, government of India, upliftment, financial institution, lending, branches, economic empowerment, objective, Self Help Groups (SHGs), urban, semi urban, rural, banker

"Emergence of All Women Bank: Opportunities and Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.260-268, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806733.pdf

"Emergence of All Women Bank: Opportunities and Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp260-268, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806733.pdf