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Item Current status & prospects of micro-enterprise (A case study of Birendranagar Municipality, Surkhet District(Department of Rural Development, 2009) Gurung, Dhal BahadurAbstract The purpose of this study is to explore the prospects of micro-enterprise in the Birendranagar Surkhet so the report has tried to describe its research procedure, techniques analysis and findings accordingly. This study relies on a combination of intensive fieldwork and literature review to analysis the prospect of micro-enterprise. Micro-enterprise has long negligence history in Nepal but after 9th Five Year Plan, government has paid sincere attention to this sector and formulated many Acts and Policies in the industrial sector for its development. The Three Year Interim Plan has given higher priority to micro-enterprise development. To support Nepal’s poverty reduction efforts, the Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) has been launched since 1998 with the help of Ministry of Industry and UNDP. The research is based on field survey and participatory observation; there are many constraints of existing micro-enterprises in the study area, such as credit, market, technology and other. On the other hand, newly operated enterprises are shut down within a year without any support and inexperience of management. Women, youth and educated personals are involving in very few numbers in these sectors, in spite of these constraints, it is clearly seen that the existing entrepreneurs have good income and creating at least two or three employment from their business. In the study, researcher has found that forest covers 66 percent and cultivation land covers 18 percent of total area of the Surkhet District. Paddy, Maize, wheat are the main agricultural products of the district. Brahmin, Chhetri, Magar and Kami are major caste/ethnicity of the study area, which contribute 24.65, 21.33, 13.05 and 5.08 percent respectively in the study area. Population of the economically active population in the study area is 55.24 percent and literacy status is little good, which comprises 72.06 percent of the total population. From the survey, out of the total entrepreneurs 68 percent are male and female comprises only 31 percent. There are very few numbers of young entrepreneurs in the field of micro-enterprises, majority (63%) of entrepreneurs are from the age group 31 to 50. Micro-enterprises include the different caste/ethnicity but Brahmin and Chhetri are major groups. Most of theentrepreneurs have low educational status, among them 81 percent of entrepreneurs are just SLC and below SLC. Financing is the main problem of the entrepreneurs in the study area, 27 percent of the entrepreneurs have faced the finance problem other 36 percent have faced market and technology/infrastructure problem. Majority of the micro-enterprises (59%) in the study area uses local raw materials, which is significant for the local development. Finally, the study reveals that the micro-industrial sector in our country has large potential and it is an easy way to reduce rural poverty through micro-enterprises. Women, youth and educated persons from the deprived groups should be lured to become entrepreneurs or self-employed.