• Dr. B. Vanitha

The surge in women entrepreneurship is the off shoot of structural adjustment programs, 1991 in India. A new trend has emerged in India recently that Women from the downtrodden communities have been encouraged by the state and its organs to emerge as an agents of development from the status of mere beneficiaries of development. The scheduled caste women entrepreneurs are in transition from the status of job recipients to job donors. The chief objective of the paper is to analyze the performance of the enterprises owned by scheduled caste women entrepreneurs in Telangana state and to assess their sustainability. Major findings include: majority of the scheduled caste women entrepreneurs, credit availed from organized sources ranged from 25.1 to 75 lakh rupees, credit availed from unorganized sources ranged from 10.1 to 30 lakh rupees, credit from both the sources put together is 50.1-100 lakh rupees, income generation ranged from50.1 to 150lakh rupees, productivity (earnings per one rupee of investment) is 1.21-1.8, raw materials is the major component of their funds use and Tobin’s Q is greater than one which is an indication of high degree of sustainability of the enterprises owned by the scheduled caste women entrepreneurs. To ensure an inclusive growth of entrepreneurs from scheduled castes, they must be encouraged to scale up their economic and enterprising activities inclusive of scale and scope economies and adequate finances from formal financial institutions.

Scheduled caste women entrepreneurs, Organized sources of credit, Productivity, Tobin’s Q, Sustainability of the enterprises, inclusive growth

"AN INQUIRY IN TO SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ENTERPRISES MANAGED BY SCHEDULED CASTE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: SOME GRASSROOTS LEVEL REFLECTIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.1022-1033, May-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805910.pdf

"AN INQUIRY IN TO SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ENTERPRISES MANAGED BY SCHEDULED CASTE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: SOME GRASSROOTS LEVEL REFLECTIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp1022-1033, May-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805910.pdf