• Dr. A. Keswarjeet Sharma

Abstract India is a country of 6, 49,481 of villages which are still earning its livelihood depends on agriculture and its allied activities. Rural entrepreneurs are also played an important role in the national economic development, particularly in rural area. Rural entrepreneurship is not only means of creating income, generating employment opportunities in the rural areas with low capital cost and raising the rural income of the people, but also its contribution to the development of agriculture and rural industries. Rural development is a way of designed for improving the economy and social life of the rural poor peoples. The valuable thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi on rural entrepreneurs, “The future of India lies in its villages”. Rural entrepreneurs are the backbone of the country. Rural entrepreneurship can be considered one of the solutions to reduce poverty, migration, economic disparity, unemployment and to develop rural areas and backward regions. The main aim of the present paper is to find out the several issues faced by the rural entrepreneurs as well as opportunities in the district of Hailakandi of Assam.

Keywords: Economic development, generating employment, reduce poverty, backward regions, rural entrepreneurs etc.

"Problems and Prospects of Rural Entrepreneurs - A Case Study in Hailakandi District of Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.f655-f658, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108687.pdf

"Problems and Prospects of Rural Entrepreneurs - A Case Study in Hailakandi District of Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppf655-f658, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108687.pdf