Women entrepreneurship development in India: Challenges and measures

Women constitute around half of the total world population. So is in India also. They are therefore, regarded as the better half of the society. In traditional society they were confined to the four walls of houses performing house hold activities. In modern society they have to come out of the four walls to participate in all sort of activities. The India women are no more treated as beautiful show pieces. They are also enjoying the fruit of globalization marking an influence on the domestic and international sphere. They have carved a niche for themselves in the male dominated world. Indian women well manage both burden of work in house hold front and meeting the deadlines at the workplace. In a recent survey it is reveled that the female entrepreneurs from India are generating more wealth than the women in any part of the world the primary objectives of this paper is to find out the status of women entrepreneurs in India.

This study includes categories of women entrepreneurs in practice in India, status of women entrepreneurs in India, challenges, schemes for women entrepreneurs and corrective measures for women entrepreneurship development.