Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the motivational drives of women entrepreneurs and highlight the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs operating micro, small and medium enterprises from an institutional perspective in Rajasthan – a patriarchal state in India....

Objective - The objective of this study is to test direction of causality between components of public expenditure and economic growth in India.Methodology/Technique - The paper uses annual data for the period 1980-2015. To measure public expenditure, plan expenditure and non-plan expenditure...