EDP Notes

According to the general concept, women entrepreneur may be defined as a women or a
group of women who initiate, organize and operate a business enterprise. The Government of India
has defined a women entrepreneurship as “an enterprise owned and controlled by a women having
a minimum financial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% of the employment
generated in the enterprise to women”. Kerala Government defined women industrial units as units
owned/ organized by women and engages in small scale and cottage industries with not less than
80% of the total workers as women. With effect from 6th Feb. 1992, the definition of ‘Women
Entrepreneurs’ Enterprises is as follows: “A small scale industrial units/industrially related services
or business enterprise managed by one or more women entrepreneurs in proprietary concerns in
which she/they will individually or jointly have share capital of not less than 51% as partners/
shareholders / directors of private limited company, members of co-operative society”.