• Dr.Keerthi Krishna M

Over the past five decades, the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has emerged as a vibrant and dynamic segment of the Indian economy. In MSME sector, majority i.e. 98% is accounted for by micro enterprises. They contribute significantly to the large scale employment, especially in the rural and backward areas with limited investment and also provides the opportunities for entrepreneurship in the country. Despite being a fully literate state, Kerala faces unemployment, especially educated unemployment and rural unemployment .Although the state government is adopting various development policies and support measures for their upliftment, unfortunately most of the stimulus packages and policy packages do not reach them. In such a situation, a detailed study addressing the entrepreneurship development is the need of the hour. The findings of the study may help policy makers to formulate appropriate measures to address the issues and ensure their safety and security. The objective of the study is to assess the opinion of entrepreneurs regarding various assistance provided by DICs(District Industries centre) for the entrepreneurship development of micro enterprises in Kerala and the findings reveals that DIC's assistance seems to be more beneficial to manufacturing units than service units in terms of entrepreneurship development.

MSME, microenterprises, entrepreneurship development, District Industries Centre, unemployment, assistance

"ROLE OF DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE (DIC’S) IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN MICRO ENTERPRISES IN KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.b784-b789, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309186.pdf

"ROLE OF DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE (DIC’S) IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN MICRO ENTERPRISES IN KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppb784-b789, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309186.pdf