PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN SSI SECTOR

11.1

The participation of women in SSI sector has been identified in three different roles. Some women were owners of enterprises, some were managers of enterprises and some were employees. With regard to ownership, an SSI or a SSSBE managed by one or more women entrepreneurs in proprietary concerns, or in which she/ they individually or jointly have a share capital of not less than 51 % as partners/ share holders/ Directors of Private Limited Company/ Members of Co-operative Society is called a 'Woman enterprise'.

WOMEN ENTERPRISES AND SSI UNITS MANAGED BY WOMEN

11.2

The total number of women enterprises in the Total SSI Sector was estimated at 10,63,721 (10.11 %). The estimated number of enterprises actually managed by women was 9,95,141 (9.46 %). In the States of Mizoram, Orissa, Karnataka, Goa, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, the share of women employment was significantly higher (more than 20 %). The position of women entrepreneurships and women enterprises is given State-wise in the following table.

TABLE 61: PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT/OWNERSHIP
IN SSI SECTOR, STATE-WISE

11.3

About 13 % of the women enterprises were in the registered SSI sector and the remaining 87 % were in the unregistered SSI sector. With regard to the enterprises managed by women, 11.5 % were in the registered SSI sector and 88.5 % were in the unregistered SSI sector. The State/ UT - wise distributions of units managed by women and women enterprises in respect of registered and unregistered SSI sectors are given in Table R46 and Table UR16 in the Appendix.

11.4

The share of the units managed by women in terms employment was 7.14. The employment generated per Rs. one lakh investment in the units managed by women was 2.49. Principal Characteristics of SSI units managed by women are presented in the following table.

TABLE 62: PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SSI UNITS MANAGED BY WOMEN

FEMALE EMPLOYMENT

11.5

The total number of female employees in the SSI sector is estimated at 33,17,496. About 57.62 % of the female employees were employed in the SSI units located in the States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karntaka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The State-wise details are given in the following table.

TABLE 63: EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES IN SSI SECTOR, STATE-WISE

11.6

The proportion of female employees in the total employment in the SSI sector was of the order of 13.31 %. In the States of Mizoram, Orissa, Karnataka, Goa, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, the share of women employment was significantly higher (more than 20 %) compared to the total employment in the respective States.

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