“Challenges faced by Women Entrepreneurs with special reference to MSMEs in the State of Punjab”

Entrepreneurship may be defined as a medium through which commence and innovation are initiated and hence the growth of an economy is accelerated. The Indian economy is amongst the largest and the fastest growing economies of the world. An entrepreneur shapes the economy by generating new wealth, new value and jobs through the invention of new innovative products and services. Women Entrepreneurship is nothing but the frame of mind which every woman has in her but has not been utilized in India in the way in which it should be. “You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women”. - Jawaharlal Nehru Women entrepreneurship is defined as “An enterprise owned and controlled by a woman, having the minimum financial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% of the employment generated in the enterprise to women.” Today the social and economic status of women is a reflection of the society's development. OBJECTIVES: The current study conducted in the Ludhiana district in the State of Punjab to know about the problems faced by women entrepreneurs with special reference to MSMEs. METHODS/STATISTICAL TOOL: Chi-square test along with the percentages has been used as a tool for Data Analysis.