A Study on Challenges Confronted by Women Entrepreneurs in India and Ways to Overcome those Challenges – A Review
Keywords:
Women entrepreneur, Challenges, Government RoleAbstract
Purpose: Women Entrepreneurs may be demarcated as the woman or faction of women who start, establish and work together for a business enterprise. There is a growing need to improve women entrepreneurship in India to make our females self-dependent and viable with the domain outside. The objective of the study is to analyse the concept of women entrepreneurs. The challenges that women entrepreneurs are facing and suggestive measures for the same. The other objective of the paper is to give a base for the upcoming researchers in this area. Furthermore, it will help the persons involved in the issue. Methodology: The study is fundamentally descriptive in kind and is based on secondary documents. Implications: The study implies what challenges women entrepreneurs in India are facing and how the government has performed to curb the challenges. Originality: The study is the review of already done studies in this regard and a conclusion on the same has been drawn.
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