Women Entrepreneurship in India: An overview

Entrepreneurship amongst women has been a recent development. 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 societies they were confined to the four walls of houses performing house hold activities. Women in business are a recent phenomenon and an emerging economic force in India. Today, women are one particularly understudied group of entrepreneurs. We know very little about female entrepreneurs, our ignorance of this important demographic is a serious concern in any attempt to increase the total number of entrepreneurs participating in our economy. By and large they had confide themselves to petty business and tiny cottage industries. Women entrepreneurs engaged in business due to push and pull factors, which encourage women to have an independent occupation and stands on their own legs. The primary objective of this paper is to discuss about the status and problems along with the solutions of women entrepreneurs in India. It also includes significance of the women entrepreneurship and to analyze policies of Indian government for women.