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Problems of Rural Entrepreneurs:A Case Study of District Jalandhar


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The present study is an effort to examine the problems of rural entrepreneurs in Jalandhar. The results of the study found that 'inadequate finance', 'inadequate marketing', 'restricted mobility', 'lack of managerial skills', 'technical experience', 'lack of modernization', 'work-family imbalance, 'lack of awareness', 'lack of skilled manpower', 'inadequate supply of power', 'insufficient supply of inputs', 'cut throat competition', 'inflation' and 'reducing subsidies' are the fourteen problems that have an adverse impact over the growth of rural entrepreneurship in Jalandhar. The significant value of Kendall Coefficient of Concordance signifies that there is a close concordance among the perceptions of the respondents pertaining to the statements designed for the study. The findings of the present study will be useful for the various stakeholders' viz., centre and state governments especially dealing with the micro and small scale industry, non-governmental organizations etc. to formulate effective policy for the promotion of rural entrepreneurship in our economy.

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Entrepreneurs, Problems, Rural.
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Surinder Sharma
Department of Commerce, Doaba College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Abstract


The present study is an effort to examine the problems of rural entrepreneurs in Jalandhar. The results of the study found that 'inadequate finance', 'inadequate marketing', 'restricted mobility', 'lack of managerial skills', 'technical experience', 'lack of modernization', 'work-family imbalance, 'lack of awareness', 'lack of skilled manpower', 'inadequate supply of power', 'insufficient supply of inputs', 'cut throat competition', 'inflation' and 'reducing subsidies' are the fourteen problems that have an adverse impact over the growth of rural entrepreneurship in Jalandhar. The significant value of Kendall Coefficient of Concordance signifies that there is a close concordance among the perceptions of the respondents pertaining to the statements designed for the study. The findings of the present study will be useful for the various stakeholders' viz., centre and state governments especially dealing with the micro and small scale industry, non-governmental organizations etc. to formulate effective policy for the promotion of rural entrepreneurship in our economy.

Keywords


Entrepreneurs, Problems, Rural.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.25089/MERI%2F2017%2Fv10%2Fi2%2F151158