Women empowerment through shg: An empirical study of kumargram block of Jalpaiguri district in West bengal

Government of India through the State Governments are developing SHGs consisting of women members who are interested in taking up entrepreneurship to set up their own business ventures jointly as a group. The aim of the SHGs is mainly to pool out the technical and managerial skills available with the women (who are less privileged) to set up enterprises ultimately to increase their income levels and improve their standard of living. The paper would highlight the progress as well as problems of the SHGs and definitely would give some remedial measures. This paper discusses the role of the Government towards the development of SHGs, the problems of the SHGs in executing its functions.