Development Perspectives of Women self help Groups in Punjab

Self-help groups engaged in development activities have the potential to empower their members through the provision of knowledge, skills, motivation, and competencies that underpin sustainable agriculture. There is a shortage of empirical data on the development perspectives of women self help groups in Punjab. This study attempts to identify the functioning of 12 self help groups of Punjab. The results of the study indicated that all the groups were functional and most of them had the essential features for the effective group operations viz. selection of leader with consensus, regular conduct of meeting with active participation of members, maintenance of records and are working successfully in improving the economic and social status of members of self help groups.