Empowerment of Women through Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Gurdaspur District of Punjab State
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Self-help group, Socio-economic profile, Women empowerment.
Abstract
The self-help group (SHG) is a small voluntarily formed group of people who have same poor economic conditions and low status of living preferably from the same socio-economic background. They come together for the purpose of solving their common problems through self-help. The present study was carried out to study the socio-economic profile of SHGs. The present study entitled “Punjab State Rural Livelihood Mission (PSRLM): Empowerment of Women through Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Gurdaspur district” Punjab was undertaken with a view of the study of the socio-economic profile of rural women members of self-help groups viz. gender and marital status, age groups, education level, community/social group and religion along with their economic conditions. Respondents’ performance with respect to Group Saving, Financial Inclusion viz. Inter loaning from the group, Revolving Fund (RF) and Community Investment Fund (CIF) is also explored. Keeping in the view of objectives of the study an appropriate sampling plan and variables were selected, interview schedule was prepared and data was collected to draw the conclusion. The total samples of 150 respondents were selected randomly. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed with the help of suitable statistical tool such as percentage. There were significant effects and empowerment seen in the study. The study also aims to find out the major problems faced by SHGs in the study area.
"Empowerment of Women through Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Gurdaspur District of Punjab State", IJSDR - International Journal of Scientific Development and Research (www.IJSDR.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.b459-b465, March-2025, Available :https://ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2503157.pdf
Volume 10
Issue 3,
March-2025
Pages : b459-b465
Paper Reg. ID: IJSDR_301127
Published Paper Id: IJSDR2503157
Downloads: 000119
Research Area: Arts1 All
Country: Ludhiana, Punjab, India
ISSN: 2455-2631 | IMPACT FACTOR: 9.15 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2016
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