Context: Recently, Department of commerce and industry launched a project to equip and empower women by providing them e-rikshaws.

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• Hoshiarpur has become the first district to launch this scheme.
• Jaswinder Kaur has become the first women e-rikshaw driver.
• Under the first phase of this scheme, 42 women are selected and provided proper training.
• For safety and security, all the women’s e-rickshaws would be equipped with GPS-enabled systems, and their location can be monitored any time from the control room.
• E-rickshaws will be run within the city area only.
• Most of the women chosen by the Punjab government to receive training for driving the e-rickshaws come from economically-weaker sections of the society.
• This scheme aims not to just provide with a means of livelihood but also a sense of empowerment.

Source: The Indian Express

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