Growth of women entrepreneurship in MSME in Tamil Nadu

India is amongst the fastest growing countries in the world today, with a GDP growth rate of more than 9% during the Twelfth plan period. This high level of growth can be sustained only when all sections of the society, specially women become equal partners in the development process. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has emerged as a highly vibrant and dynamic sector of the Indian economy over the last five decades. MSME is not only play crucial role in providing large employment opportunities at comparatively lower capital cost than large industries but also help in industrialization of rural & backward areas, reducing regional imbalances, assuring more equitable distribution of national income and wealth. The development of women entrepreneurship has become an important aspect of our plan priorities. Government has taken several measures to encourage women entrepreneurs to set up small scale and micro enterprises through the schemes of MSME sectors. This paper mainly focused on the growth of women entrepreneurship in MSME sector. The main objective of this study is to know the growth and performance of MSME Sector in India and to highlight the Current Scenario of women entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu.