Government has launched many schemes for promoting women entrepreneurs. The schemes are launched and applied as per the need of the region. There are many governmental agencies who work at different level to make the scheme a successful one by making it reach to every member. It is also noted that every scheme is launched for a certain duration later which as per need new schemes are framed or existing schemes are reviewed for a fresh start. Evaluation of the Government Schemes have greater power to improve the effectiveness of the schemes launched. Evaluation perhaps might be the last thing in the agenda but has a greater contribution while thinking about the planning of the future schemes. This paper aims to concentrate on evaluating the effectiveness of all the schemes launched in rural areas for Maharashtra for empowering the women for entrepreneurial activity. This will based on the analysis of effectiveness index of the household and the compound average growth rate of the women who have opted for entrepreneurship by availing government scheme.

Keywords: Women Entrepreneurs, Schemes, Government, Effectiveness