Women Entrepreneurship: Need, Problems and Prospects for Atmanirbhar Bharat (With Reference to Assam)

Abstract

Atmanirbhar Bharat is a phrase the honorable prime minister of India Narendra Modi and his government used and popularized in relation to economic and sustainable development of every sector of the country. In these respect women entrepreneurship plays an important role for the development of any nation. It leads to creation of capital along with social benefits. However entrepreneurship is not so popular like the developing nation in India and more specifically in the state of Assam. Women consist of around 50% of the population of India; they have always been a neglected lot. The literacy rate among women is lower as compared to that of men and they have been confined to household works only. It is only recently that women have started participating actively in every sphere of life. Now days, both central and state government along with other organizations have taken many remedial measures to overcome the problems faced by women entrepreneur. There exist, huge possibilities of enhancing the entrepreneurial capabilities of women and such enhanced capabilities will change the economy of Assam and make the Assam Atmanirbhar. Through this study, author has tried to explain need, problems and prospects of women entrepreneurship in Assam.