Role of Institutions Supported for Women Entrepreneurs - A Study

Women entrepreneurship plays an important role in economic development of a country. They perform in several areas especially in small and microenterprise. With the increase in the number of women getting educated, there is considerable awareness among women to be self-employed and gradually the role of entrepreneur in the society. Established in cities and towns Having sufficient education Both traditional and nontraditional items Undertaking women services-kindergarten, crèches, beauty parlors , health clinic etc Third Category: Illiterate women Financially week Involved in family business such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries, Agro Forestry, Handloom, Power loom etc. Here microfinance provides several lending facilities for women entrepreneur but women have lower personal financial assets than men and established in large cities. It means the opportunity and equality for women may exploit and secure additional resources compared to man. Women entrepreneurs based on women participation in stating business in equity and employment of a business enterprise. One of the major problems faced by all the entrepreneurs especially the women entrepreneurs is the problem of Finance as well as Technical Know-How. For the discussion, institutional support in the form of finance as well as technical support is considered. District Level Institutions: DIC, KVIC, State Level Institutions: SFC, TCO, SSIDC, SIDC, KVIB, EDI, SISI, SIDBI, National Level Institutions: ICICI, IIC, EDII, KVIC, NABARAD, IDBI, IFCI, IIBI/IRBI/BIFR, Investment Companies: LIC, GIC, UTI and Specialized Financial Institutions: Exim Bank, NABARD. Special Agencies – Institutional finance to Entrepreneurship - Venture Capital and its importance Institutional set up – SFC – SIDC – SIPCOT – TIIC – COMMECIAL BANKS – SIDBI –DIC – SIDO – NSIC – SISI – Industrial Investment Center – KVIC - PIPDIC – NIESBUD – TCO – ITCOT – SIETI – NISIET – SIDCO – EGB – IDBI – IFCI – ICICI – LIC – NAYE – KSSIDC – SSIB – SSIC - SSIDC - SSIB – SENET – IRBI – UTI - EXIM – COSIDICI – SES – PSIDC – IIE – EGB - EDII – NABARD.