ROLE OF GOVERNMENT FOR PROMOTING WOMEN ENTERPRENUERS IN KARNATAKA STATE

“Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with women” - Mahatma Gandhiji. Entrepreneurship is a key to economic development of a country. Women entrepreneurs tend to be highly motivated & self directed, they also exhibit a high internal locus of control & achievement. In India several institutions are devoted in prompting women entrepreneurship. The Government of India has taken an active step towards Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in all the business areas. Women are almost one half of the world’s population having enormous potential but being underutilized or unutilized for the economic development of the nation. There is need to strengthen and streamline the role of women in the development of various sectors by harnessing their power towards nation building and to attain accelerated economic growth. Majority of women do not undertake entrepreneurial ventures. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is a unified access portalwhich brings together women from different regions of India, across economies to realize their entrepreneurial aspirations. Institutions provide several schemes for initiation and sustenance of startups, specifically managed by Women entrepreneurs. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Government of India has opened women’s cell to provide Assistance to women entrepreneurs. The Women and Child Development department has launched several Income generating schemes. In that they are providing assistance in setting up the training cum income generating activates for the needy women Entrepreneurs. This Paper aims to understand the different types of institutions in National, State and non-government level institutions, which are supporting women entrepreneurs. It doesn’t only deal with number of institutions helping or supporting women entrepreneurs but also evaluates the various schemes and benefits for empowering women in the field of entrepreneurship.