Women from the weaker sections of the society organized in to Self Help Groups (SHG) are running enterprises
in various regions in both urban and rural India. These enterprises belong to sectors like agriculture, manufacturing
and services. The initial capital required for the micro venture may come through micro credit which in many cases is
supplemented by bigger loans through linkage of the SHG with some nationalized bank in the area, and in some cases
may also receive bank end subsidy support. These micro ventures have been initiated with the objective of providing
a means of livelihood to the members and some have been successful as they have provided a decent income to the
members while some others have not. The reason may be many and the study tries to identify some of the enabling
performance factors. The research looks at the performance of 125 micro enterprises that have been facilitated by a
government run programme in Karnataka. Majority of these enterprises had received training and subsidy support from
the government,
