Women Entrepreneurs and Economic Development: Indian Perspective

Gender inequality is one of the oldest problems in society. From the ancient period itself, women were neglected in the society because their role was only confined to the four walls of the house (which means women are only for taking care of the family); but now, it is the globalised era in which men and women are equal. Here, gender itself is immaterial so we have to give the equal importance to men and women based on their talent and not on their socio-cultural status prevailing in the society. Today is the time to think of bringing women to the mainstream in all the four corner points of the economy. So, the present study is intended to conceptually analyse the role of women entrepreneurs in the economic development of the country in the Indian context. For this purpose, information is gathered from secondary sources such as books, research articles, websites and other published reports.