Women enterpreneurship development in Assam with special reference to Kamurp district, India

Entrepreneurship development among women can be considered a possible approach to economic empowerment of women. Although Indian women's are playing significant role in society, but their entrepreneurial activities are yet to be explored. Various plans and policies have been taken up by government at central and state for development of women entrepreneurship. Consequently there has been considerable growth of women entrepreneurship in Assam too, however the field of women entrepreneurs in Assam is full of problems. This paper is an attempt to trace the development of women entrepreneurs in Assam and also to find out the problems faced by women entrepreneurs. The researcher has mainly focussed on Kamrup district of Assam. The population of the study consists of both registered and unregistered women entrepreneurs. A sample of 96 women entrepreneurs both registered and unregistered were selected for the study on the basis on random sampling. On the basis of the findings of the study the researcher has also forwarded some suggestions for improvement of women entrepreneurs in Assam.