Nurturing Women Entrepreneurship in India through Governmental Programmes: An Oriental Overview

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to understand the various Governmental Policies and Programmes and its role in fostering Women Entrepreneurship in India. The paper adopts an exploratory research design capitalizing on authentic and reliable secondary data through exhaustive studies of reputed journals/literatures, data sources from private and government universities, Government official database and international bodies/organizations. The findings presented in this paper will comprehensively list down the Central and State Level Governmental Policies and Programmes for promoting women entrepreneurship in Indian for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The study attempts to find out the possible gaps where new programmes are to be designed and offered by the Government. The value addition of this research lies in presenting a comprehensive review on understanding Governmental programs and policies adopted by women entrepreneurs in India. The review will be to the extent of considering research articles/journals/publications focusing primarily on regional (Central) and State-wise Governmental in Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) as primary focus of the study. Validation of the Government policies and Programmes in a specific context can be studied further, for example, for promoting / targeting women entrepreneurs for different industrial / Business organizations / Sectors with different educational background etc.