Women Entrepreneurship in

India
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• women entrepreneurs
The emergence of women entrepreneurs and their contribution to the national
economy is quite visible in India. The number of women entrepreneurs has grown
over a period of time, especially in the 1990s

While women entrepreneurs have demonstrated their potential, the fact remains that
they are capable of contributing much more than what they already are

women contribute significantly to the running of family businesses mostly in the form
of unpaid effort and skills
Why do Women Take-up Employment?

Push Factors
•Death of bread winner
•Sudden fall in family income
•Permanent inadequacy in income of the family

Pull Factors
•Women’s desire to evaluate their talent
•To utilize their free time or education
•Need and perception of Women’s Liberation,
Equity etc.
•To gain recognition, importance and social
status.
•To get economic independence
 Categories of Women Entrepreneurs
• Women in organized & unorganized sector
• Women in traditional & modern industries
• Women in urban & rural areas
• Women in large scale and small scale industries.
• Single women and joint venture
 Categories of Women Entrepreneurs in
Practice in India
• First Category
– Established in big cities
– Having higher level technical & professional qualifications
– Non traditional Items
– Sound financial positions
• Second Category
– Established in cities and towns
– Having sufficient education
– Both traditional and non traditional items
– Undertaking women services-kindergarten, crèches, beauty
parlors, health clinic etc.
 Categories of Women Entrepreneurs in
Practice in India (Contd.)
• Third Category
– Illiterate women
– Financially week
– Involved in family business such as Agriculture,
Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries,
Agro Forestry, Handloom, Powerloom etc.
 Supportive Measures for Women’s
Economic Activities and Entrepreneurship
• Direct & indirect financial support
• Yojna schemes and programmes
• Technological training and awards
• Federations and associations
 Direct & Indirect Financial Support
• Nationalized banks
• State finance corporation
• State industrial development corporation
• District industries centers
• Differential rate schemes
• Mahila Udyug Needhi scheme
• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
• State Small Industrial Development Corporations
(SSIDCs)
 Yojna Schemes and Programmes
• Nehru Rojgar Yojna
• Jawahar Rojgar Yojna
• TRYSEM
• DWACRA
 Federations and Associations
• National Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (NAYE)
• India Council of Women Entrepreneurs, New Delhi
• Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
• Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka
(AWEK)
• World Association of Women Entrepreneurs
(WAWE)
• Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW)
 Women Entrepreneurship in India
• Earlier there were 3 Ks
– Kitchen
– Kids
– Knitting
• Then came 3 Ps
– Powder
– Pappad
– Pickles
• At present there are 4 Es
– Electricity
– Electronics
– Energy
– Engineering