Authors : Rekha S. Lilhare
Page Nos : 38-41
Description :
women’s entrepreneurship needs to be studied for two main reasons. The first reason is that women’s entrepreneurship has been recognized during the last two decades as an important untouched source of economic growth over the past few years, and second is to create new jobs for themselves and society. India has record growth in women‟s entrepreneurship and more women are pursuing their career in this direction. At a global level, about 126 million women have started or running their business. Woman constitutes almost one half of the total population and form an important section of the total work force. But their social, economical and political status is still lower than that of men in many countries including India. The social status of woman in the society depends upon the part played by them and social attitude of them towards society. The status of woman is connected with their socio-economic contribution, which depends on opportunities for participation in economic activities. In the modern society the rule of degree of integration in economic development is consider as the indicator of social advancement and the woman‟s economic independence. The people discuss the problem and remedies of women empowerment and woman entrepreneurs in India.
