Our Reporter Dimapur, Oct. 22 (EMN): Women Entrepreneurs Network Nagaland (WENN) will make a huge difference not just in the Northeast region but also in the country, said former Principal Secretary, Government of Nagaland, Lithrongla G Sangtam. Speaking during the launch of the book: We Mean Business “20 Women Entrepreneurs, 20 Stories” and WENN Bazaar at Sky Garden in Chümoukedima on Saturday, Sangtam said women are the backbone of the economy in Nagaland but they can’t progress without networking. ‘The hardships that women entrepreneurs go through is visible but we do not know or realise their needs, be it in the infrastructure need or the financial support,’ she said, while pointing out that “even the state government has failed them and there are blockages and shortcomings when it comes to support women entrepreneurship”. “We have achievers but negligible achievers, so I hope we will come to a point of 20-30% achievers. Although the Government of India has introduced lots of schemes for women, because of the certain policy of the state with the banks, they do not come forward,” she said while pointing out that ‘our main issues are infrastructure facilities and finances although there is zeal and commitment’. She...