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- Title
Micro Enterprise Development of Women in Urban Informal Sector in Puducherry Region.
- Authors
Kumari, A.; Malathi, N.
- Abstract
Micro enterprises are accorded with high priority on account of its employment generation, income potential, low capital requirement, short gestation period, useful link with medium and large sectors, promotion of balanced regional development, utilization of local resources and production of exportable products. It trains the women to acquire entrepreneurial ability, obtain economic independence and act as an effective tool to eradicate poverty. So, micro enterprise sector is accepted as a key to sustainable economic growth. This study deals with SHG-Bank linkage, SHG-Agency linkage and SHG-Programme linkage of micro finance and micro enterprise development in Puducherry region. The growth of urban micro enterprises and women beneficiaries by micro finance are analyzed with the use of linear and exponential trend. The estimated values show that development of micro finance by banks, agencies and programmes, have initiated and accelerated the growth of micro enterprises in Puducherry region. The impact of micro finance on micro enterprise of women in urban informal sector is at similar rate of growth in SHG-Bank linkage (24.9% and 24.8%) and SHG-Agency linkage (21.3% and 20.4%), whereas it is lesser in case of SHG-Programme linkage (32.2% and 14.1%). So efforts are needed to train SHG members, who availed micro finance to start an enterprise.
- Subjects
PONDICHERRY (India); INDIA; SMALL business research; BUSINESSWOMEN; EMPLOYMENT; JOB creation; CAPITAL requirements
- Publication
Language in India, 2012, Vol 12, Issue 10, p204
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article