Analysis of Socio-economic Characteristic of SHG (Self-Help Group) of WomenAssociated With Dairy Farming

SHG empowered the rural women socially, economically and politically and thus overall development of women and reduction of poverty in the nation. Micro-enterprise establishment for economic empowerment is one of the major objectives of SHG movement. More than 400 SHG have formed in the Udhampur district by various govt. agencies and NGOs. Out of these, 10 SHG villages were selected through simple random sampling and 15 women who were associated with dairy farming selected and thus forming a sample of 150 respondents. The study revealed that the majority of SHGs women associated with dairy were of middle age group, having 3to 5 milch animals, smaller family size, middle level of annual income (50001 to 100000) and having cemented pucca house. Besides it was also observed that majority of respondents were lack of mass media exposure towards processing activities and farmer women were having medium level of change proneness, economic motivation and risk taking capacity.