Role of Self-help Groups in Women Empowerment in Indian Economy

Author(s)	Dr. Neeta Shinde
Country	India
Abstract	With the key objective of poverty alleviation, social and financial inclusion, Government of India has been promoting social and economic empowerment of women through promotion of women’s self-help groups (SHGs). An attempt has been made in this study to understand the SHG movement in India with focus on various initiatives undertaken by Government in promoting SHGs, analyze the progress and current status of SHGs, their role in women empowerment in India and evaluate the challenges in strengthening SHG movement in India. The study reveals, that, there is uneven growth of SHGs in India. There is growth and concentration of SHGs in few big states and there is a need to develop a strategy to reach areas and states where the SHG movement has not reached properly, to make widespread financial inclusion possible. The assistance to existing SHGs and promotion of new SHGs should be channelized properly and evenly to all states. A holistic view of current status and statistics of SHGs, their role in women empowerment and areas which really need intervention should be found out by Government before introducing any new scheme to promote formation of SHGs or aiding women empowerment.
Published In	Conference / Special Issue (Volume 7 \| Issue 3) - Two Day International Conference on Commerce & Economics (ICCE-2025) (May 2025)
Published On	2025-05-10

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