Women Entrepreneurship: An Overview of Indian Scenario

Abstract

In this era of economic liberalization and globalization Women entrepreneurship is gaining importance   in   India.   The   current   policies   and   institutional   assistance   for   developing entrepreneurship skills, providing education and training has been a great motivator for women to take up entrepreneurship. Although women in India constitute only one third of the economic enterprise still there have been numerous evidences of successful women entrepreneurs who have brought fame to India.  In  the  recent  era  lot  of  unemployed  women  have  taken  up  entrepreneurship based on their skills and training and even the employed ones’ are leaving the  workforce with the intent of taking up entrepreneurship. The demographic appearance and economic growth of the country have changed because of the increased presence of women as entrepreneurs. Despite of the motivating economic achievement that India has attained because of more women taking up entrepreneurship still there exists issues that need to be recognized and approved and registered with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India   addressed. This paper talks about the Factors leading to women entrepreneurship, advantageous of entrepreneurship for women along with highlighting the Impediments faced by women while taking up entrepreneurship