Influencing factors of performance of women led self help groups: A case Study of Sirsa District (Haryana)

SHG is a small voluntary association of poor people, preferably from the same socio-economic background. They come together for the purpose of solving their common problems through self-help, mutual help, corporation and interdependence. The government has started many projects and schemes for empowering women, poor people and most of these schemes were implemented through Self Help Groups. So, Self Help Groups have played a significant role in empowering women and poor people. All this is possible only when self-help groups have effective functioning and this functioning depends upon most influenced factors which determine effectiveness of functioning of self-help groups. If these factors will find out, then, effective functioning of self help groups can be maintained over the periods. The present study is an attempt to examine the various factors influencing the effective functioning of Women led self help groups in Sirsa district. The study is based mainly on primary data collected through well structured scheduled and pre tested survey. For the analysis the study, Group Performance Index, Karl Pearson Correlation and step wise regression method have been used. The study revealed that the performance of eight SHGs exhibiting high level of performance which has GPI (Group Performance Index) ranged from 66.66 to 99.99. Index for the quality of group meeting, accountability and transparency factors significantly correlated with group performance at 5 per cent level. The regression analysis revealed that group effectiveness was influenced by all the factors instead of some factors which were taken as influencing factors. The study suggests that meeting of self help groups should be regular and accountability should be fixed of every activity and every member.