Abstract:

The Sixth economic census by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation shows that only 13.76% of total entrepreneurs are Women. Out of 58.5 million entrepreneurs, it is only 8.05 million women entrepreneurship in India. Though there are a number of financial schemes and aids by the central and state government to the women entrepreneur, the rate of growth is less in India. Hence, this study made an attempt to find hindrances of women entrepreneurs in small and medium enterprises. The samples are the women entrepreneurs of small and medium enterprises with 182 numbers of respondents in Chennai city. The study has considered variables such as availability of government schemes, support from families, business environment, societal background, heredity, sufficient training, political stability, risk bearing capacity, etc. The study found that there are many constraints for women entrepreneurs on the aspects of financial, family and business. Further the study identifies family support, societal background, government schemes, etc helps the women entrepreneur to uplift their socio-economic development of our nation

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