Impact of entrepreneurship development programmes on women of Dharwad District
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A study on Impact of Entrepreneurship Development Programmes on Women of Dharwad
District was undertaken during 2013-2014. Two taluks of Dharwad district were selected for the study.
One hundred and sixty women beneficiaries who had undergone Entrepreneurship Development
Programmes during 2010-2013 were selected from the respective institution i.e Krishi Vigyan Kendra
and RUDSETI, 40 each from agriculture and non agriculture based training programmes were
selected for the data collection. Eight successful women entrepreneurs were selected for
documentation of case studies. Agriculture based training programmes for women conducted by KVK
during 2010-13 in which 536 women had undergone the training programmes. A total number of
women participated were 342 in non- agriculture based training programmes. Agriculture based
training programmes conducted for women by RUDSETI during 2010-13 in which total of 489 women
had undergone training and non- agriculture based training programmes conducted for women total of
466 women had undergone training Preparation of project report and linkages to banks were the
services provided by both the institutes. From the findings it was encouraging to see that
psychological empowerment had high significant difference after undergoing training and this was
followed by social, economic and political empowerment. Women who had undergone training in KVK
and RUDSETI had high level of income after establishing the enterprise. Majority of the women from
KVK (88.88%) had faced personal problem with respect to their education level. Women from
RUDSETI (100%) had faced problem regarding responsibility of performing legitimate household
activities. It was observed that women trained in KVK had established their own dairy, roti and phenyl
making enterprises. Similarly women trained in RUDSETI had established dairy and tailoring
enterprises.
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