GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES &POLICIES FOR ENTRE PRENEURSHIP
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QUES 2:-WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
It is the process of starting a business or other organization. The entrepreneur develops a businessmodel, acquires the human and other required resources, and is fully responsible for its success orfailure. Entrepreneurship operates within an entrepreneurship ecosystem
The role of the entrepreneur in business Large or small companies?
Definition and characteristics of entrepreneur
1) Confidence In Personal Abilities2) The Desire For Immediate Results3) Preference For A Moderate Risk4) Willingness To Assume Responsibilities5) High Energy6) Flexibility7) Organizing Skills8) The Desire To Achieve, above money making 9) High Level Of Commitment10) Tolerance Of Ambiguity, 11) Vision
FUNDAMENTAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN
INCREASING EMPLOYMENT
1)Entrepreneurship has often been cited as a key factor to improving economic growth in developing countries
2)Entrepreneurial activities encourage the development of new enterprises.
3)There is also evidence to suggest that entrepreneurs create more employment than non-entrepreneurs
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Various support mechanisms have been designed by the government to
nurture the entrepreneurial mindset, some of which are highlighted below:
SIDBI was established in April 1990 under an Act of Parliament as a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) is the
principal financial institution for the following three-fold activities:
Financing the small scale sector by
providing indirect assistance to primary
lending institutions (PLIs) and direct
assistance to small scale units.
Development and support services for
promoting small industries.
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship
Board promotes entrepreneurship development through Science
& Technology. This program has encouraged researchers and
academicians in the field of Science & Technology to take
interest in socially relevant entrepreneurial roles. Under the
flagship of NSTEB, various institutes and training programmes
have been formulated .
Under the flagship of NSTEB, various institutes and
training programmes have been formulated such as:
Science & Technology
Entrepreneurship Park (STEP)
India is the seventh largest and second most populous country in the world.A new spirit of economic freedom is now stirring in the country, bringing sweeping changes in
its wake. India’s dynamic and highly competitive private sector has long been the
backbone of its economic activity.
OBJECTIVES OF STEPS:
To provide R&D support to the small-scale industry
mostly through interaction with research institutions
To promote entrepreneurship among science and technology persons, many of whom were otherwise
seeking jobs soon after their graduation
To promote innovation based enterprises
INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
The mission of the IEDCs is to "develop institutional mechanism to create entrepreneurial
culture in academic institutions to foster growth of innovation and entrepreneurship
amongst the faculty and students ".
Objectives of the IEDCs:
1) To create Entrepreneurial culture in the Parent Institution
and other institutions in the region
2) To promote the objectives of NSTEDB, including programmes
related to women and weaker sections of the society.
To and promote employment opportunities in the innovative
areas.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM(EDP) An Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP), of 6-8 weeks duration, aims at
training the S&T graduates and the diploma holders in the essentials of conceiving,
planning, initiating and launching an economic activity or an enterprise successfully.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM(EDP) CONTENT INCLUDES
1) Class room training on essentials of
entrepreneurship survey
2) Identification of business opportunities,
3) Role and function as well as schemes of
assistance offered by various constituents
4) Preparation of a technically feasible and
economically viable project report
OPEN LEARNING PROGRAMME IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP (OLPE)
The Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship (OLPE) for S&T persons has been initiated with the
help of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, to spread the message of
entrepreneurship at a faster rate and to cover a large number of beneficiaries in a shorter time.
This is a programme in the distance education mode, under which potential entrepreneurs are provided not
only with study material but also guidance by resource persons during the contact sessions in different parts
of the country.
The programme facilitates learning at the pace and place of the participants. This is a roll on programme
with new recruitment once in every three months.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARENESS CAMP (EAC) Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EACs) are conducted by
nodal agencies in each State/Union Territory of the country. The
implementing agency is usually either an educational institution
or a professional body specialising in entrepreneurship
development.
Guidelines for Conducting Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EACs) in Educational Institutions
Programme Objective
To create awareness among faculty and students of
Engineering and Science courses about various
facets of entrepreneurship as an alternative career
option as also to highlight the merits of pursuing
such an option.
Target Group
Science and Technology graduates/diploma holders or
those who are doing their final year diploma/degree
in engineering/technology/science.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT(STED) PROJECT
Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (STEDS) was
launched in 1985 when NSTEDB prepared a scheme to map the available
material resources in industrially backward regions and prepare a basket of
technically feasible and economically viable project profiles of enterprises that
could be promoted by local S & T entrepreneurs and thus tapping hitherto un-
utilised / under-utilised resources. Later the scheme was re-christened as
"Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (STEDS)".
OBJECTIVES OF (STED) PROJECT
To identify possible resource based projects in the region covering both rural
and urban areas.
To organise regular enterprise awareness programmes and skill development programmes for creating suitable
entrepreneurial environment in the district
To launch at least 200 micro-enterprises in the district during the four years of duration in which at least 50 technology-driven micro-enterprises
are to be in technology specific areas as identified by the implementing agency earlier
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (FDP) A Faculty Development Programme (FDP) is designed to train and develop
professionals in entrepreneurship development so that they can act as resource persons in guiding and motivating young S&T persons to take up entrepreneurship as a career.
The FDPs provide inputs on process and practice of entrepreneurship development, communication and inter-personal skills, creativity, problem solving, achievement motivation training, inputs on resource and knowledge industries
Guidelines for Conducting Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
Programme Objective
Faculty Development Programme (FDP) aims at equipping teachers with skills and knowledge that are essential for inculcating entrepreneurial values in students and guiding and monitoring their progress towards entrepreneurial career.
Who can conduct?
Institutes / organisation engaged in entrepreneurship training having vast experience in the field of entrepreneurship development. The organisation should have in-house training experts for conducting FDPs.
Target Group
Teachers of Science & Technology Colleges/Institutions, persons from the organisation engaged in entrepreneurship development
TECHNOLOGY BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME (TEDP)
Programme Objective
In a TEDP :-
1. The entrepreneurs are exposed to technical knowledge about the
products and technologies and are enabled to develop their skills at the lab
of the technology provider.
2. The R&D lab having commercially viable technologies, get potential
entrepreneurs as its "takers"; and
3. The entrepreneurship-training institute can put concerted efforts in a
specific discipline of product-technology and thus can have better control
over the course of the programme and its success.
examples
Leather,
Plastic, Electronics &
Communicatio
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Fragrance &
Flavour,
Instrumentatio
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Bio-technol
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IT Comput
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Food Processing,
Bio-medical Equipm
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Glass & Cerami
cs,
Medical Plants Processing, etc.
A Technology Based EDP primarily focuses on training and
development need of S&T entrepreneurs in a specific
technology area
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Women entrepreneurship development is an essential part of human Resource development.
The development of women entrepreneurship is very low in India, especially in the rural areas.
CATEGORIES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN
PRACTICE IN INDIA
First
Category
Established in big
cities
Nontraditional Items
Having higher level
technical & professional
qualifications
Second
Category
Established in cities
and towns
Having sufficient
education
Undertaking women
services-
kindergarten, beauty
parlors, health
Third Category
Illiterate women
Financially week
• Involved in family business such as
Agriculture, Horticulture
POLICY FRAMEWORK SUPPORTING
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN INDIA
CREATINGAN ENVIRONMENT THROUGH POSITIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICIES OR FULL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN TO ENABLE THEM TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
CHANGING SOCIETAL ATTITUDE AND COMMUNITY PRACTICES BY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN;
MAINSTREAMING A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;
ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE GIRL CHILD; AND
BUILDING AND STENGHTENING PARTNERSHIP WITH CIVIL SOCIETY,PARTICULARLY WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS.
SWA-SHAKTI PROJECT
THE TASKS INVOLVED INCLUDE :
IDENTIFICATION OF RURAL WOMEN BENEFICIARIES,PARTICULARLY THOSE ENGAGED IN “ON-FARM” ACTIVITIES;
THEIR ORGANIZATION INTO SMALL,HOMOGENEOUS GROUPS; THEIR AWARENESS GENERATION AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING; THEIR TRANING IN GROUP DYNAMICS; AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL AND LEGAL LITERACY.
INDIRA MAHILA YOJNA (IMY) :
IT IS PERMISED ON RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT EMPOWERMENT IS A MULTIFACETED PROCESS. IT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THIS BY THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:
TO GENERATE AWARENESS AMONG WOMEN BY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE,SO AS TO BRING ABOUT AN ATTITUDINAL CHANGE;
TO HELP WOMEN ACHIEVE ECONOMIC STRENGTH THROUGH MICRO-LEVEL INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES;AND
TO ESTABLISH COVERGENCE OF VARIOUS SERVICES SUCH AS LITERACY,HEALTH,NON-FORMAL EDUCATION,RURAL DEVELOPMENT,WATER SUPPLY,ENTREPRENEURSHIP
RASHTRIYA MAHILA KOSH (RMK)
IS MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE :
TO PROVIDE OR PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF MICRO – CREDIT TO POOR WOMEN FOR INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES OR DOR ASSET CREATION.
TO USE THE GROUP CONCEPT AND THE PROVISION OF CREDIT AS AN INSTRUEMENT OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT.
TO RECEIVE GRANTS,DONATIONS,LOANS,ETC.,FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE KOSH.
THE FEDRATION OF INDIAN WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS (FIWE) :
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE FIWE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES IN EXPORT MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT,DOMESTIC MARKETING,
QUALITY CONTROL AND STANDARDLIZATION,MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES,LAWS,REGULATIONS,PROCEDURES AND SYSTEM FOR RUNNING A SAMLL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE AND SUSTAINING IT’S GROWTH, ETC.
TO BRING OUT A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO EDUCATE AND INFORM WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ON BUSINESS OPPURTUNITIES, MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.
TO ENHANCE ACESS TO TERM LOAN AND WORKING CAPITAL. ASSISTING IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF INVESTMENT OPPURTUNITIES
WOMEN WORK PARTICIPATION INDIA PERCENTAGE
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10
20
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40
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CONCLUSION
India’s tryst with entrepreneurship is an emerging phenomenon when compared to its 65 years of existence as an independent nation
Various support mechanisms have been designed by the government to nurture the entrepreneurial mindset, some of which are highlighted the objective of all the policies and programs is multifold, superficially they are meant to assist and cater to the needs of entrepreneurs.
Also, throught the world, women make a vital contribution to industrial output.their work not only sustain their families,butalso makes a major contribution to socio-economic progress.
A strategy needs to be in congruence with field realities, and should especially take cognizance of the problems women entrepreneurs face within the current system.