Abstract
This study primarily emphasizes analyzing the problems faced by women entrepreneurs in starting a new business. To overcome these hurdles the Government of Tamilnadu has initiated many schemes. Rural Entrepreneurship Development Program (REDP), Prime Ministers Employment Generation Program (PMEGP), Employment Development Department (EDD) in Karur city, Tamilnadu. This Research examined the problems faced by women entrepreneurs to start a new business with the three training programs from Karur city. A conceptual model with three hypotheses was developed and data were collected from 207 women entrepreneurs in the form of a structured questionnaire from the women entrepreneurs. To analyze the problems of women entrepreneurs, 207 respondents were selected by stratified random sampling method. A well-structured questionnaire was designed to collect information from the women entrepreneurs. The data were collected from the District Industries Centre (DIC), Karur district from the beneficiaries of the state-sponsored scheme. There is a significant impact of training programs on problems faced by women entrepreneurs across the socio-economic characteristics of entrepreneurs. The Government of India has introduced many new entrepreneurial development schemes to provide sufficient financial assistance and provide training on development skills to climb the ladder of success. Gender- specific training should also be given to city entrepreneurs on socio-economic conditions.
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