Entrepreneurship Development Programmes for Rural Women

In India, women entrepreneurship is a recent topic which started only after the 1970s with the introduction of the Women’s Decade (1975 to 1985) and which mostly picked up in the late 70s. This phenomenon was particularly visible only in the metropolitan and state capitals in India. It took a much longer time to percolate to the other cities and municipalities. Hence researches and publications in India in this new area are limited. The little that is available is the pioneering work done by certain organizations and institutions engaged in the promotion of entrepreneurship in the form of occasional studies leading to publication of an article now and then. Many studies and report point out that women entrepreneurs are an important source of economic growth. They create new jobs for themselves and others and also provide society with different solutions to management, organisation and business problems.