Abstract
Entrepreneurship is the core of economic development. It is a multi- dimensional task and essentially creative activity. Entrepreneur is key factor of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship has been a male-dominated phenomenon from the very early age but time has changed the situation and brought women as today's most memorable and inspirational entrepreneurs. The position and status of women in any society is an index of its civilization and progress. Women are equally competent in running business but still lacks behind in spite of women empowerment movement in our country, there are social, cultural and economic hurdles in the way of women entrepreneurship and the major problem is lack of entrepreneurial environment. In spite of having the potential and talent, women are deprived of opportunities, information and education. The paper talks about the status of women entrepreneurs and also analyze the factors which motivates women to start their own venture and the problems faced by them when they ventured out to carve their own niche in the competitive world of business environment. An attempt is made to understand the role of government to accelerate the growth of women entrepreneurship.
Highlights
Entrepreneurs play very important role in socio-economic welfare of the country
It is found that women feeling the problem of feeling fatigued after returning home, lack of rest and sleep and heavy schedule
Right efforts from all areas are required in the development of women entrepreneurs and their greater participation in the entrepreneurial activities
Summary
Entrepreneurs play very important role in socio-economic welfare of the country They identify the needs of the business, purchase the other factors of production and coordinate them for some productive purposes. It is a common assumption that majority of women in India are economically non-productive as they are not involved in activities that are financially remunerative. There have been noticeable changes in the socio-psycho-cultural and economic norms of our society due to liberalized policy of the government of India, increase in the education levels of women and increased social awareness in respect of the role women plays in the society. It has been recognized that to promote self-employment and to reduce the incidence of poverty, some drastic efforts have to be made to accelerate self-employment of women in various sectors
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