New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship R K Singh has said that the government is taking a number of steps to promote entrepreneurship in the country.

''The key challenges for women entrepreneurs in India include access to funding, availability of market, family constraints, lack of confidence in business skills, gender bias etc. In order to address the problems in development of women entrepreneurship, different Ministries/ Departments of Government of India have been implementing a number of schemes,'' the Minister said, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, on Friday.

''Such schemes include Start-up India by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Prime Ministers Employment Generation Prog...