IGNITING INDIA'S TOMORROW: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND SELF- RELIANT IN CRAFTING DEVELOPED INDIA (VIKSIT BHARAT) - A CROSS-SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Abstract

The study's aim is to find the links between social entrepreneurship, innovation, self-reliant with the Developed India (Viksit Bharat) among young entrepreneurs and new startups in Uttar Pradesh, India. The study used the exploratory and a detailed descriptive research design.  The study used the web based structured Google form questionnaire to get the primary data from the young entrepreneurs in Uttar Pradesh, India. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire is checked through Cronbach's alpha, the Bartlet test of significance, and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test value.  The sample size was 329.  The study used correlation and regression enter method to get the cause-and-effect relationship and hypothesis testing using SPSS 23 version. A path diagram analysis implemented to validate the model using AMOS 23 version. The study's results showed that social entrepreneurship, innovation, and self-reliant strategy had the significant effect on the developed India (Viksit Bharat). The government and private organizations can redesign the policy as per the requirements of young entrepreneurs and new startups in single window clearance as well as ease of doing business. The practical and social implication was that the young entrepreneurs and new startups will get benefits from this study in Uttar Pradesh, India.