Effect of COVID-19 on Women Entrepreneurs Engaged in Mithila Painting
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2021
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MPUAT, Udaipur
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The women entrepreneurs who engaged in Mithila painting faced many problems as observed by the researcher being a local resident of Madhubani (Bihar) in view of that present study on “Effect of COVID-19 on Women Entrepreneurs Engaged in Mithila Painting” was conducted with three objectives- to study effect of COVID-19 on Socioeconomic status of entrepreneurs engaged in Mithila painting, to elucidate the constraints faced by the selecthed entrepreneurs and to study diversion of entrepreneurs of Mithila painting in mask making.
The study was conducted in two blocks i.e Rahika and Rajnagar of Madhubani district of Bihar. From each blocks two villages were selected purposively. The sample of respondents constituted of sixty taking, fifteen from each of four villages, including those who were engaged in Mithila painting directly. Questioner techniques were used for getting information from the respondents. Frequently, percentage and Paired t- test were used to analyze the data.
The profile of respondents revealed that Majority (50%) of respondents were in young age group (18-30 years), married (75%), from upper cast (65%) and non-wage earner (60%).
Results regarding effect of Covid-19 on socioeconomic status of entrepreneurs that there was no significant difference in organization membership, education of the respondents, household assets. There was less significant difference in family structure, ownership of fixed assets, media ownership, distinctive features, source of information used by respondents. There was significant difference in family occupation, farm assets and annual income before and during pandemic crisis. Majority of the respondents entrepreneurs engaged in Mithila painting were facing economic constraints like lack of own money, lack of government and NGO,s incentives, low price of product, high cast of tools, lack of proper marketing, increased rate of row materials and non-availability of credit on time.
Finding revealed that Majority (83.33%) of respondents diverted Mithila painting in mask making during pandemic crisis for employment generation. Majority of respondents (60.78%) were motivated by friends/ neighbors. Most of respondents (64.22%) were creating mask for self-employment. Majority of respondents (68%) were maintain the record of their earning and spending, personal saving practice increased (66%), freedom for daily expenses (60%), freedom for selection of employment (66%), income from any source other than painting (42%) and only 26 percent respondents were sufficient fulfillment of family need through their income. Majority of respondents were making less than 50 mask/day and total income less than 1000₹/day. Most of the respondents (78%) were facing problem in mask making due to increased rate of raw materials.
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Effect of COVID-19 on Women Entrepreneurs Engaged in Mithila Painting
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Kumari A. and Babel R.