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Analysis Study Research Paper | Sociology | India | Volume 14 Issue 2, February 2025 | Rating: 4.7 / 10
SHGs Year Wise Increase Rate in India: A Comparative Study
Dr. Santu Samanta
Abstract: Empowerment can serve as a powerful instrument for women to achieve upward social and economic mobility and achieve power and status in society. It is a source of mobility, equality and emancipation, both at the individual and at the societal level. The conceptual framework of self-help is a tool for empowerment. The Self-Help Group (SHG) is not a static institution; it grows on the resources and management skills of its members and their increasing confidence to get involved in issues and programmes that require their involvement in the public and private spheres. It is a very effective means of empowering the poor women Self-help groups are a potential source to empower and encourage marginalized women to save and utilize savings to build self-reliance and confidence and provide greater access to and control over resources. These small groups also help women, especially rural areas women to establish a common participatory platform to voice and solve their problems. SHGs enhance the quality of status of rural women as participants, decision makers and beneficiaries in the democratic, economic, social and cultural spheres of life.
Keywords: empowerment, self-help group, institution
Edition: Volume 14 Issue 2, February 2025,
Pages: 1268 - 1272