Entrepreneurship is pivotal to any economy that hopes to remain dynamic. Entrepreneurial ventures, when successful, help in the advent of technological, economic and socio-cultural environment of a society. They create employment opportunities and wealth by opening up new markets and services. Women’s entrepreneurship has been considered an important instrument in achieving equity in the form of better quality of life for women in the developing world. women have been pushed, rather than pulled, towards entrepreneurship out of a need to support their children or family, mostly when a male guardian has willingly or unwillingly been unable to provide the same.Despite all the social hurdles, Indian women have been standing tall from the rest of the crowd and are applauded for their achievements in their respective fields. India is witnessing a rise of women in entrepreneurial roles, and it's gradually leading to business and economic growth in the country. Women-owned enterprises are actively contributing to societal evolution by creating employment opportunities, instigating demographic transformations, and serving as inspirations for the upcoming generation of businesswomen. The paper makes an attempt to generate awareness and to understand the meaning of women entrepreneurship, problems,challenges, slow growth, reasons and suggestion.This is also an attempt to analyze the available financial assistance and Govt. schemes for promoting women entrepreneurship.