Socio-economic Development of rural women in Bhandara District through micro entrepreneurship
Dr. Sunita Arjunrao Rathod
Assistant Professor, Department of Home Economics
S.N. Mor College, Tumsar, Dist. Bhandara (MS)
sunitaarathod30@gmail.com
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to find out impact of micro-entrepreneurship on socio-economic development of rural women. Survey methodology is used for collecting data. The data was collected from 250 women entrepreneurs in 50 villages of Tumsar Tahsil in Bhandara District, Maharashtra India. The data was collected by using self-prepared interview schedule. Finding shows that there is dominance of young rural women belonging to age group 25 to 35 year in micro-entrepreneurship. There is proportionate tendency of entrepreneurship among rural women with respect to caste category except schedule tribes as well as nomadic and deported tribe where the participation of women in entrepreneurship is proportionately very low. Entrepreneurship provides economic/financial independence to rural women. It improved their economic as well as social status. It is recommended that, government should encourage rural women for entrepreneurship, which will generate more employment opportunities as well as strengthened rural economy of India. Furthermore, capital will be made available to such women on subsidy basis so that they can make improvement in their profession/business.
Key Words- Women entrepreneurs, Rural, micro-entrepreneurship, socioeconomic development
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2506S01V13P009
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