*Assistant Professor, PGDAV [Evening] College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
**Assistant Professor, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Online published on 5 May, 2014.
The main objective of the study was to get an insight into the problems and challenges faced by rural women entrepreneurs. The study was conducted in the rural areas of Haryana with a sample size of 60 rural women, out of which 30 respondents were engaged in entrepreneurial activity and other 30 respondents were not involved in any such activity. For collecting the, data, interview method was used. Data was gathered and analyzed based on the information of the entrepreneurial problems. The major issues and problems are known through the result of the study it indicates lack of supports, (from family and social supportive networks), marketing problems, financial problems, are major discouragement factors that obstruct women from pursuing any entrepreneurial activity.
