Reasons and Remedies of Rural Entrepreneurs in India

Author(s)	Dr. B. Ravikumar
Country	India
Abstract	In our country maximum people lives in villages, nearly seventy three percentage of the total population live in rural areas where agriculture and allied activities are the main stay of their lives. The economic development of our country largely depends on the development of rural areas and the standard of living of its rural mass. Rural entrepreneur is one of the most important inputs in the economic development of a country and of regions within the country. Rural entrepreneur uses the scarce resources in the most efficient manner thereby increasing profits and decreasing costs. Due to lack of education, majority of rural people are unaware of technological development, marketing etc. Shortage of finance and raw materials are main problems face by rural entrepreneurs. Most of the rural entrepreneurs face peculiar problems like illiteracy, fear of risk, lack of training and experience, limited purchasing power and competition from urban entrepreneurs. Promotion of rural entrepreneurship is a key to develop rural areas and backward towns. This paper focuses on the identification of various problems associated with rural entrepreneurship. Suitable cures have also been discussed to overcome these problems.
Keywords	Economic development, Lack of training, Purchasing power, Rural entrepreneur, Rural mass
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-17

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