Women Entrepreneurship in Rural India: Demographic Factors Acting as An Impediment to Growth with Special Reference to Uttarakhand Region of India

It can said that Women play an important role not only in family but also in the upliftment of the economy as the facts state that 45% of successful businesses have female in the leading and decision taking roles. In order to make this process more inclusive Central and State Government together are working in the upliftment of rural women as Women Entrepreneurs. This paper is the part of the central agency funded project which analyzes the status of Women Entrepreneurship in rural areas a key role in making Atma Nirbhar Bharat. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors which are acting as growth impediment so that new policy measures could be taken keeping the following points in mind.