New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today inaugurated an online portal NARI in New Delhi for the empowerment of women. 
The portal will provide easy access to information on government schemes and initiatives for women. To start with, the portal will provide an insight into 350 government schemes and other important information.
On the occasion, Ms Gandhi said, the portal - nari.nic.in summarises over 350 government schemes and other important information. She said, NARI elaborates how the Government is focussed to economically empower women through schemes under the Direct Benefit Transfer.

The Minister also said the portal provides links to the Ministries, Departments and autonomous bodies offering these schemes as well as easy access to online applications and grievance redressal. 
The Minister also launched the e-Samvad portal that has been developed as a platform for NGOs and civil societies to interact with the Ministry, media reported.