From Empowerment to Enterprise: A Study on Capacity Building and Women Entrepreneurs in India
Rajesh R *
Post Graduate Department of Economics, NSS College Pandalam, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India.
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Abstract
There has been a long call for women empowerment in the country right from the period of independence which was nourished by several national and state level plans that aimed to generate employment opportunities so as to achieve the goal of active participation of women in the economic activities of the country. The Mastercard Index on Women Entrepreneurship 2021, ranks India at 57th position among the 65 nations and the Female Entrepreneurship Index ranks India at 70th position out of 75 nations. There is a serious policy gap in the mentioned indices and it is high time that a national level policy is framed and implemented so as to support the women entrepreneurship ventures across the country. The women MSMEs face several challenges in operating procedure while there are plenty of untapped potential and unutilized resources which could be resolved by visionary policy interventions.
Keywords: Women empowerment, women MSME, policy interventions