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Women Entrepreneurship and Growth and Performance of
MSMEs in India
Neha Dangi
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Research Scholars
Department of Commerce
Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra
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India
Ritika
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Research Scholars
Department of Commerce
Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra
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India
Abstract:
In the 21st century, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are acting as specialist and soul of economic
growth in India as well as in the world.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play a dominant role in the
economic development of a country. MSMEs have been largely recognized as a foundation stone for the industrial
development of any country. These enterprises contribute about 90 per cen
t of the business worldwide. In India, it has been a
perception that women can only play the role of housewives who can only take care of their home and family. But this
perception has changed now. The discussion on women entrepreneurship has always been a
voided in Indian society and
social sciences. But now the situation has completely changed. Women are not just housewives now but there is a change in
their role from house makers to business women. In Modern India, more and more women are taking up entre
preneurial
activity especially in micro, small and medium scale enterprises. Women across India are displaying an attentiveness to be
economically independent. The Indian women are no more treated as beautiful showpieces. They have imprinted a niche for
th
emselves in the male dominated world. Indian women well manage both burden of work in household front and meeting
the deadlines at the work place. Gender equality and economic development are the two sides of the same coin. However the
entrepreneurial proc
edure is the same for men and women, there are however, in practice, many problems and challenges
are faced by women, which are of unalike dimensions and magnitudes, which inhibit them from apprehending their full
potential as entrepreneurs. The present pa
per focuses on the growth and performance in MSMEs in India and the problems
and challenges which are faced by women entrepreneurs in India. It also focuses on initiatives taken by the government for
women entrepreneurs.