steps in developing women entrepreneurs

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Steps in developing women

entrepreneurs


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A "women entrepreneur" is any womenwho organizes and manages any

enterprise, esp. a business, usually with

considerable initiative and risk.


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Steps taken by government to develop

women entrepreneurs

consortium of women entrepreneurs:

Consortium of Women entrepreneurs of Indiaprovides a platform to assist the women

entrepreneurs to develop new, creative andinnovative techniques of production, financeand marketing.

Different bodies such as NGOs, voluntaryorganizations, Self-help groups, institutionsand individual enterprises from rural andurban areas which collectively help thewomen entrepreneurs in their activities.


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Training programmes:

(i) Support for Training and EmploymentProgramme of Women (STEP).

(ii) Development of Women and Children in

Rural areas (DWCRA).(iii) Small Industry Service Institutes (SISIs)

(iv) State Financial Corporations

(v) National Small Industries Corporations

(vi) District Industrial Centres (DICs)


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Mahila Vikas Nidhi:SIDBI has developed this fund for the

entrepreneurial development of women

especially in rural areas. Under MahilaVikas Nidhi grants loan to women are

given to start their venture in the field like

spinning, weaving, knitting, embroidery

products, block printing, handlooms

handicrafts, bamboo products etc.


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Rashtriya Mahila Kosh:In 1993, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh was set

up to grant micro credit to pore women at

reasonable rates of interest with very lowtransaction costs and simple procedures.


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Steps taken in Seventh Five-Year Plan:

Specific target group: Arranging training facilities:

Developing new equipments:

Marketing assistance: Decision-making process:


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Steps taken by Government during Eight

Five-Year Plan:

Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana and EDPs wereintroduced to develop entrepreneurial qualitiesamong rural women.

Women in agriculture scheme was introduced totrain women farmers having small and marginal

holdings in agriculture and allied activities. To generate more employment opportunities forwomen KVIC took special measures in remoteareas.

Several other schemes like integrated RuralDevelopment Programs (IRDP), Training of Ruralyouth for Self employment (TRYSEM) etc. werestarted to alleviated poverty.30-40% reservation isprovided to women under these schemes.


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Steps taken by Government during Ninth

Five-Year Plan: Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and

Development (TREAD) scheme was lunched byMinistry of Small Industries to develop womenentrepreneurs in rural, semi-urban and urban areas bydeveloping entrepreneurial qualities.

Women Comkp0onent Plant, a special strategy

adop0ted by Government to provide assistance towomen entrepreneurs.

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana and SwaranJayanti Sekhari Rozgar Yojana were introduced bygovernment to provide reservations for women and

encouraging them to start their ventures. New schemes named Women Development

Corporations were introduced by government to helpwomen entrepreneurs in arranging credit andmarketing facilities.


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Cont..

State Industrial and Development Bank ofIndia (SIDBI) has introduced followingschemes to assist the women entrepreneurs.These schemes are:

(i) Mahila Udyam Nidhi(ii) Micro Cordite Scheme for Women

(iii) Mahila Vikas Nidhi

(iv) Women Entrepreneurial DevelopmentProgrammes

(v) Marketing Development Fund for Women


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