Study was conducted in Palakkad district of Kerala with the objective of identifying the problems and prospects of rural women entrepreneurship of the Kudumbashree Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs). A sample of 120 respondents was selected. The Garrett's Ranking principle was applied to rank the factor which had more influence and bearing on the enterprise. With the Garret mean score of 63.3 and 60.25, respectively problems related to marketing of the produce and problems related to enterprise respectively were ranked as the main constraints. Suggestions of the women entrepreneurs were also drawn on how to overcome the problems faced by them. It revealed that majority of them were concerned about marketing of their produce and functioning of the enterprise and had given suggestions on these aspects.
Neighbourhood Group (NHG), Women entrepreneur
