Technical Constraints Perceived by the Rural Women Involved in the Income Generating Activities of Self-Help Groups Run by DWCD and NGOs

Income generating activities are considered as those initiatives that affect the economic aspects of people’s lives through the use of economic tools such as credit. There were few technical constraints perceived by the rural women which became hurdles in receiving the benefits through SHG programmes. In a study, conducted in Jaipur district of Rajasthan by Rajasthan by Kumari et al. (2015), it was found that the rural women involved in the income generating activities of SHGs perceived “No technical guidance for establishment of new enterprises is available”, “Lack of training” and “Lack of knowledge and skill” as the main technical constraints faced by them, which might be due to the reason that the Government departments and NGOs are not taking much interest in giving advices to the rural women regarding the establishment of new enterprises, trainings, knowledge and skills, whereas, the constraint “Language barrier” was found to be least important constraint as perceived by the rural women involved in the income generating activities of SHGs, which might be due to the reason that majority of the rural women used their local language for communication which was common for all. Hence, it may be suggested that regular trainings should be organized at Gram panchayat level so that members of SHGs can participate easily and improve their skills.