Rural Entrepreneurship: A Roadmap for Women’s Empowerment in New India

Abstract

The entrepreneurial environment in rural India has become a landmark change in bringing social-economic change. In modern India, particularly in the empowerment of women, rural entrepreneurship has emerged as one of the revolutionary changes in socio-economic development processes. With the country moving towards the vision Viksit Bharat 2047, rural women are being more and more placed in the role of agents of change, as they do not just serve as the source of income to the household but also contribute to community development. The paper states that future strategies should focus on the availability of finance, comprehensive capacity-building initiatives, mentorship programs, and awareness campaigns to overcome stereotypes and establish an enabling environment to become an entrepreneur. To sum up, rural entrepreneurship is a crucial tool in the economic, social, and psychological empowerment of women, which is why it can become an important asset to the development of a more inclusive growth and transformation of India into a developed state by 2047.