Vol: 2, Issue: 2 2012

Page: 90-97

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SELF HELP GROUPS (SHG’s): A VIEW

Dr. K. Anjaneyulu

Received Date: 2012-04-02

Accepted Date: 2012-04-25

Published Date: 2012-05-29

The major form of Micro Finance in India is based on an evaluation of women’s Self Help Group’s The present study attempts to show the impact of SHG’s on improved lifestyle of poor women in Andhra Pradesh. The awareness and business opportunities for women in that society. Groups were evaluated in relation to their contribution to gender development. The study evidenced that women perceived changes in their identity towards working collectively to influence for change at the village and Panchayat levels. Savings in micro finance has been seen as a beneficial option both from a social and financial standpoint “Self Help Group” is a tool to remove poverty and improve the rural development Sabyasachi Das (2003).

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