Information Sources Utilized by the Self Help Group members of New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal

A study was conducted to trace out the sources of information; extent of utilization of sources and usefulness of these sources to the Self Help Group (SHG) members of new alluvial zone of West Bengal information sources utilized by the SHG members. A total 200 SHG members were selected from 20 credit linked SHG by multistage random sampling method. The result indicated that among all the sources of information, NGO/facilitator, member of the other groups were the main sources of information of the SHG member. The maximum information pertaining to SHG activities was drawn from the sources like member of the other group, NGO/facilitator (informal), training, TV (formal) etc. SHG members perceived that most useful information sources are NGO/facilitator, family member(s) (informal), training, Village Level Worker (VLW).