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As India chases its $5 trillion-economy goal, the need is to strengthen the country's economic viability, while ensuring greater gender equality. To achieve this, however, the productive workforce must be gender-inclusive. For higher productivity and income, it is essential to promote skill development among women in the formal sector. women must monetise their skills to create unconventional job opportunities through compulsory vocational training programmes. In rural areas, women play a substantial role in decentralising distribution channels, marketing the government's programmes and policies. Encouraging women to become job creators will provide a long-term, sustainable solution. The availability of data that shows the success rate of women entrepreneurs can be a crucial step in boosting the morale of rural women. The country must think of ways to promote the availability and opportunities for women to have equal claims over seed capital to start their own businesses. To streamline the government's efforts, it is necessary to provide the female workforce with an equal playing field. The need is for lucrative schemes which are predominantly for women so that even when they choose an alternative source of livelihood, they have a formal structure in place to support them. Applications like 'Aarogya Sakhi', to train women health entrepreneurs, and 'Internet Saathi', for promoting digital literacy among women from the remotest areas, are empowering tools for the 'Make in India' initiative. Through such platforms provide an opportunity to train micro-entrepreneurs, the question of accessibility continues to linger. As work from home becomes the new normal, technology access is a crucial antidote for India's working women . The 'Make in India' dream can become a reality only if women are promoted as key drivers of growth.