Abstract:
Local Governments have been established with the mandate of “Social Justice and Economic Empowerment”.
With this great objective, the Local Governments at Gram Panchayat level have a responsibility to provide
livelihoods to the rural communities by establishing enterprises as per the devolution of the subjects (29)
explained under Schedule 11th of 73rd Constitutional Amendment. Afresh established enterprises will boost the
vitality of economies and create employment. Starting a new enterprise represents a choice based on the
individual, institutional and subjective motives, also on the entrepreneurial environment. Therefore,
regardless of the origin, a creator’s motivation epitomizes a commitment to a project idea, and thus commands
the future triumph of the enterprise. The entrepreneurial motivation factors affecting positive intention to
establish enterprises are made up of behavioural control, subjective norm, and attitude towards
entrepreneurship. Subjective norm and attitude towards entrepreneurship are meaningfully correlated to both
instantaneous and future intentions to establish enterprises. However, behavioural rheostat on
entrepreneurial motivation is found to be significantly related to immediate intention but not significantly
related to future entrepreneurship expansion goal. Cultivating entrepreneurial behaviours to create
enterprises for providing livelihood opportunities is seen as crucial. This article explores the motivational
silhouettes of local governments, and scope to form innovative enterprises by identifying the drivers and
barriers for the local governments who are really serious to develop through entrepreneurship interventions
and initiatives and also to provide livelihoods opportunities to the rural communities.
Description:
Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini
