Rural Women Entrepreneurship and Schemes for Their Sustainability in India: A Study

  • Unique Paper ID: 166432
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 560-565
  • Abstract:
  • The present paper contains the data that reveals the status of rural women who are rooting for achieving the environmental, economical, and social changes required for sustainable development. The objectives of this study are to find out the problems of women in achieving empowerment regarding their employment and find out the required solutions. As most of the women in rural area are unable to know about their rights and how can they get employment. In this situation it become essential to acquaint them with several government schemes and programs have been initiated to improve rural women's status in society by creating livelihood facilities in paid employment. Various schemes, susch as the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program (PMEGP), National Livelihoods Mission, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU GKY), Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), etc. have made a significant role in creating gender equality and socio-economic empowerment of women in India. This enables the rural women powerful, minded, independent, skillful empowered women not dependent women.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 560-565

Rural Women Entrepreneurship and Schemes for Their Sustainability in India: A Study

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