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The role of gender in economic development process has been increasingly recognized as crucial, both in terms of potential for success and in the nature of the impact of particular development strategies and programs. Gender becomes especially important to consider in case of micro-enterprise approach, as the traditional home-centered roles of women can make it far easier for women to participate in such programs as opposed to the more traditional, large and medium scale enterprises. The paper attempts to identify the influence of two HRD interventions, viz. Education and Training on women entrepreneurship development in the state of Jharkhand. The sample for the study comprises sixty two (62) women entrepreneurs in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand state. A survey, using questionnaire method, has been conducted to obtain data on the nature of enterprise, socio economic profile of the entrepreneurs and importance of Training and Education interventions in entrepreneurship development. Right-tailed “z” Test has been used to test the formulated hypothesis on Education and Training interventions. The findings of the study shows that there is no role of Education in starting an enterprise but it plays an important role in improving the entrepreneurial quality and performance of the enterprise.

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Women Entrepreneurship HRD Intervention Training and Education

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Impact of HRD Intervention on Women Entrepreneurship Development in Jharkhand

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