Abstract
The promotion of indigenous entrepreneurship is a major objective in any developing country and industrial estates are recognized as one of the most promising ways of achieving this objective. One of the important objectives of the Government in its industrialization process are decentralization of industries and the balanced regional development. Government policies are aimed at diverting the industries from large concentration centers to relatively less developed or depressed areas and facilitating the establishment of industries in these areas. The small-scale industrial sector which plays a pivotal role in the Indian economy in terms of employment and growth has recorded a high rate of growth since independent in spite of stiff competition from the large scale sector and not so encouraging support from the Government. The enterprise involvement indicates the level of participation by the respondents in the enterprising. The enterprise involvement by the respondents is assessed by ten important aspects, namely source of inspiration, help during setting up stage, managing various function, major decision, time spent towards unit related work, satisfaction, training, pride in being an entrepreneur, membership and future plans.
Highlights
The principal objective of industrial estate programme is to achieve the promotion of small scale industries by providing facilities, assistance and guidance at every stage of establishment, operation and management
*Significant at 5 percent level between the profile variables and involvement index is noticed with respect to age, education, family size, earning members per family, occupational background, family income and personal traits of the good performers since the related correlation coefficients are significant at 5 percent level
Among the correlation coefficients the age and family size are negatively correlated with the involvement index
Summary
The principal objective of industrial estate programme is to achieve the promotion of small scale industries by providing facilities, assistance and guidance at every stage of establishment, operation and management. It aids in the expansion, diversification and modernization of existing small industries sector. It is a major inducement to small entrepreneurs with the limited financial means since it provides factories on hire purchase basis or rental basis Their existence is an another adjunct to entrepreneurship, since industrial extension services without assistance to people with little or no technical and managerial knowledge will not motivate people to take up an industrial occupation. The scores of each enterprise involvement variable are used to prepare the Enterprise Involvement Index
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