The main focus of this study is to determine whether micro finance is an effective instrument in bringing empowerment, hence the main question is whether microfinance through SHG contributes to women empowerment and it is a focused study relating to empowerment of women which is goal 3 of MDGs....

As a result of participating in microfinance through SHGs, the study concludes that there is empowerment of women. Among various dimensions of empowerment, information empowerment ranks first followed by psychological empowerment, economic empowerment, managerial empowerment, political...

Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) played a vital role in rural reconstruction, agricultural development and rural development even during pre independent era in our country. In the post independent period the NGOs became a supplementary agency for the developmental activities of the...

In the development paradigm, micro-finance has evolved as a need-based programme for empowerment and alleviation of poverty to the so far neglected target groups (women, poor, deprived etc.) and micro-finance has become one of the most effective interventions for economic empowerment of the...

Rural households depends on agriculture for their livelihood and agriculture is not able to provide adequate and sufficient livelihood to the growing population so rural people have to supplement or to find alternative practices to protect their livelihood security. Self Help Group and Micro...