Women entrepreneur development in indian textile industry Gurusamy M.*, Umamaheswari P.**, Dr. Rajasekar N.*** *Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Paavai College of Engineering, Namakkal – 637018, Tamil Nadu, India **Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, Paavai College of Engineering, Namakkal – 637018, Tamil Nadu, India ***Professor and Head, Department of Business Administration, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 625009, Tamil Nadu, India Abstract This study deals with “Women Entrepreneurs Development in Indian Textile Industy”. Entrepreneurial development is one the significant factor for sustainable socio-economic development. Especially, development of women is inviting special significance because many small and medium firms are well operated through women and though it is less recognized. Contemporarily less research has been conducted in rural and semi urban areas that give specific focus on women entrepreneurs’ motivational factors. This is used to the women entrepreneurs for identifying the scope and opportunities in the textile industry, the Indian government has providing Subsidies for women entrepreneurs and special provisions for category of entrepreneurs belonging to schedule caste, schedule tribe and women. This study is also explaining the various schemes for the development and promotion of women entrepreneurs in India. It is also focusing on how the government creating awareness among women entrepreneurs and encouraging them to invest in textiles and technical textile sector. Though our country is always shows very good growth in terms of apparel exports, on comparison with other countries revels that India lost opportunity in the past in growth trends of its textile and clothing industry. It needs to address internal challenges. It is definitely sure that the textile industry will get going because of its preparedness. Top Keywords Entrepreneurship, Subsidies, Apparel Exports, Micro and Small Enterprises, Technical Textiles. Top |