International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 9

Women Empowerment through SHG-Bank Linkage Programmes-A Study Of Hyderabad-Karnataka Region with Special Emphasis on Ballari District

  • Author:
  • Mahesh Agasara1, Ramesh. O. Olekar2
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 153 to 164

1Research scholar, Department of Studies and Research in commerce, Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevarya University, Ballari

2Associate professor and Chairman, Department of Studies and Research in commerce, Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevarya University, Ballari

Online published on 20 June, 2019.

Abstract

The self-help group program which began as a women's empowerment programme in the year of 1980's and this module had started in 1992, NABARD scheme are investing a small number of SHGs linked with the banks. Over 73.18 lakh savings-linked SHGs and 44.51 lakh credit linked SHGs, covering around 95 million households. SHGs conduit for credit they also perform as a delivery mechanism system for various services, range from entrepreneurial training to savings deposits and now with shifting paradigm, channel to deliver community level development programmes empowerment of women involves many of these economic opportunities, social equality, political demonstration, property rights, personal rights. It will occur on various levels such as individual, group, and community asymmetrical power relationship and social dynamics.

Keywords

Women Empowerment, poverty alleviation, Self Help Group Bank linkage programme (SHGBLP). “The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.”