Women Entrepreneurs in MSME Sector in India

Entrepreneurship is a crucial tool for economic growth, particularly women entrepreneurship in the case of emerging economies like India.Moreover Women Entrepreneurship is considered as a potent toolfor empowering women and that their combined forces can solve a wide range of socio-economic issues in developing nations.Although women account for around 50 percent of the world's population, there is a significant discrepancy between male and female entrepreneurship.The present study explores the prevalence of the gender inequality of MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) entrepreneurship and, more particularly, the growth of women entrepreneurs under Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in India.The study employed statistical tools like two tailed independent large sample and unpaired t-Test, coefficient of variation (CV) and annual growth rate (AGR).The results of data analysis indicate that there aresignificant differences between the male and female entrepreneurship in MSMEs,with women behind men in this area.