WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: CLASSIFICATION, PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES

Entrepreneurs play a key role in the socio-economic welfare of the country. They identify the necessities of the enterprise, procure in the other factors of production and coordinate with them for commercial gains. They are the innovators, researchers and risk-bearers of the enterprise. Due to mixed economy in India, both public and private entrepreneurship exists here. Generally, large scale undertakings are under public entrepreneurship while medium and small scale ones are under private entrepreneurship. In order to develop and boost entrepreneurship in both the sectors, Government of India has initiated the Entrepreneurship Development Programs across the country. The entrepreneurs can be classified into two main categories- Male and Female entrepreneurs. It is apparent that male entrepreneurs have dominated the Indian economy as compared to female entrepreneurs. This paper discusses the concepts, classification and problems of women entrepreneurs and offers suitable remedial measures.