Introduction

Singh, Archana

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Archana Singh²

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This chapter details the emergence and development of social entrepreneurship. It discusses its relevance in providing sustainable solutions to emerging social problems and creating a social impact. It also explores the current status of socio-economic development of India and discusses the major social problems and the role of different actors involved in addressing these problems. It then moves on to discussing the importance of social entrepreneurship in the context of India, provides the rationale and builds the context for conducting the study. Lastly, it briefly discusses the research design that guided my study.

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‘Ashoka Innovators for the Public’ is a global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women, with system-changing solutions that address the world’s most urgent social challenges.
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It is important to mention that Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, has established ‘NITI Aayog’ (National Institution for Transforming India) in 2015 as replacement for Planning Commission. ‘Aayog’ is the Hindi word for ‘Commission’.

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Singh, A. (2016). Introduction. In: The Process of Social Value Creation. Contributions to Economics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2827-1_1

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