Women Entrepreneurship in Rural India through Public Library

Abstract

The Planning Commission of the Government of India realized that economic development of country can take place only when women are carried on the mainstream of economic growth. We know Women constitute around half of the total world population. The statistics shows, two in five working age youth in India are unemployed. Women only are not countable in job area. They should be engaged either in an organization or in small-scale industries or may be in NGOs for entrepreneurship development programmes. The First National Conference of Women Entrepreneurs was held at New Delhi in November 1981. The Second International Conference of Women Entrepreneurs was organized by the National Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (NAYE) held in 1989 at New Delhi. The Government moved a step forward in the Seventh Five Year Plan by including a special chapter of Integration of Women in Development. Women entrepreneurs are those women who think of a business enterprise. A library especially public library plays a vital role in our society. Women may build up a public library in their own locality, may improve it day by day. Local women can earn money through public library. Information is no longer a free product it’s become a marketable commodity. Public library is all in one in the social order. The manifesto of public library is Freedom, Prosperity and the Development of society and individuals. These are fundamental human values. Information centre as well as public library and the financial marketing and training assistance provided by the State Government helped to motivate women to assume entrepreneurial career.