Problems and Challenges faced by Women Entrepreneurship

Indian Constitution through its preamble, fundamental rights, duties and directive principles of state policy enshrine the principle of gender equality. The constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the state to adopt measures to improve the status of women. For the emancipation of women and development of the society, entrepreneurship is considered as a very effective mean. Hence economic empowerment of women through self-employment became a thrust area for government. This paper reviews women entrepreneurship in India, classification, various schemes for women entrepreneurship by governments, problems and challenges faced by entrepreneur and also suggests appropriate policy measures and recommendations for creating an enabling environment for women entrepreneurship.