Title: Enhancing women entrepreneurship in different small scale industrial sectors of Agra
Abstract: This study is based on the emergence of women entrepreneurship making significant impact in all segments of economy and the problems faced by them in setting up and running their enterprise. An entrepreneurial culture will help uplift the quality of life of women, including their family, community and aid in the economic development of the country. The emergence of women entrepreneurs and their contribution to the national economy speaks their volume of success. Government of India is also providing product process oriented courses to enable women to start small scale business. In the schemes of MSME 10% extra subsidy is provided through PEGP programmes. The study was conducted in various training centres of KVIC, MSME to collect the data and no. of women entrepreneur trainees’. The study was based on secondary data collected from various training institutes, SSI office and financial banks which provide financial assistance. Women entrepreneurs are having innovative thinking and foresightedness but still proper planning and execution is required at all levels. A majority of women entrepreneurs are from middle class families have low technical education but desire to become entrepreneurs. This potential has to be identified and trained. Training on marketing strategies and effective financial management is required. Mostly women are interested in moderate returns nearly 10–12% of women set up their ventures with investment above Rs 10 lakh, 70% of enterprises set up by women ranges between 1 lakh to 5 lakh investment. Women sector occupies nearly 45% of India population. The literacy and educational status of women improved considerably during the past few decades. At this juncture effective steps are needed to provide entrepreneurial orientation and skill awareness to women. Women's are working in areas like Food product manufacturing, food processing and preservation Catering services and fast food centres, interior decoration, packing and packaging, Beauty centres and so on. There is a greater awakening in women even in rural areas with education women have shown better performance. Today we find women in different types of industries but still we are having unsatisfactory ranking of women entrepreneur in our economy. An integrated approach is necessary for making the movement of women entrepreneur a success for this purpose; both the Govt. and non Govt. agencies have to play a vital role.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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