Problems and Challenges faced by Women Entrepreneur in India

Till the turn of the century, man has enjoyed a dominant position. But change in position technological innovation and modern way of thinking can reduce the disparity between man and women, and bring about equality and equity between them, the need of the hour in women empowerment both through provision of employment and enterprise creation. Typologically, the former leader to endogenous empowerment and the latter give rise to exogenous empowerment. Women entreprenurer’s have been making a significant impact in all segments of the economy in Canada, Great Britain, Germany Australia, US and so in India. The Government of India has defined women entrepreneurs based on women participation in equity and employment of a business enterprise. Accordingly, a woman entrepreneur is defined as an enterprise owned and controlled by a woman having a minimum financial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% of the employment generated in the enterprise to a woman. It is the group of women or single women running an enterprise or company in order to earn profit. Now days because of women empowerment women are stepping-stone into the industries and are taking the place of men. Now a day’s women’s are running several business like beauty parlours, switching shops, boutiques, etc. Other areas choosen by women are retail trade, restaurants, hotels, education and cultural. The main aim of the research paper is to find out what problems hinder women in these case women entrepreneurs – in creation and maintenance of their own enterprise. In this paper, we did primary research through questionnaire where women entrepreneurs were questioned about the problems they faced when starting up an enterprise and problems they face in the day-to-day running of their businesses. More general questions about the size of Abstract