Entrepreneurship as a Tool for the Empowerment of Rural Women in India

Abstract

Women are considered an important human resource of the nation and every state should try to utilize them as mediators of economic growth and development. Encouragement for women entrepreneurship is one of the ways for that. But unfortunately the traditional mind set of the society and negligence of the state and respective authorities is an important obstacle for the women entrepreneurship development in India. In spite of that women of today break all those obstacles and involve themselves in various sectors and proving their excellence. Major part of national economic development is contributed by rural economy. Rural women have to be initiated to step out of home and take responsibilities in the society. Entrepreneurship is considered to be a key for women empowerment especially in rural areas and hence promotion of women entrepreneurs is focused highly by the government.There is a need of continuous attempt to inspire, encourage, motivate and cooperate women entrepreneurs, awareness programs should be conducted on a mass scale with the intention of creating awareness among women about the various areas to conduct business.This paper gives a brief idea about the importance of entrepreneurship and its influence on the empowerment of rural women. Also it throws light on constrains of rural women entrepreneurs with solutions to overcome those.