Micro Level Study on the Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Rumtek Village of East Sikkim

Abstract

The history of Indian civilization witnesses the ignorance of women's contribution on the social development of a society. The social structure of traditional society of past India forced them to stay out of social decision such as household decision making, gaining respect in family, independence, learning and earning process. It shows that, the practice of discrimination on the basis of gender was highly active in our past civilization. The traditional believes, religious rituals and hegemonic masculine ideology made them suffer a lot and denied to give them equal opportunities in human world. While in today's world, the rise of social ideas related to women empowerment have been able to attract world's attention towards the women development which includes many International and National bodies. At present the elite persons and those National and international bodies are giving attention to their participation in society, decision-making, education and health. The short-run and long-run policies of the government and non-government organization such as reservation system, financial support through micro finance and Self Help Group are able to change the life of women from the grass root level in both rural and urban areas.