Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

ROLE OF SELF HELP GROUPS IN ECONOMIC CHANGE OF RURAL WOMENS IN TIRUNELVELI �DISTRICTS.

C. Thanga Lakshmi, Dr. Isacc Balasingh

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 The present paper is based upon a successful rural development intervention in Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. The intervention is based upon sustainable economic and social development of the women in the region through the institution of Self Help Groups (SHGs). The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of women SHGs in socio–economic development in Tirunelveli district, Tamilnadu ,Indian County . The specific objectives of the study were to: identify the characteristics of women SHGs promoting development, establish the levels of women participation in socio–economic development, identify the factors influencing women SHGs in their efforts to promote socio–economic development, determine the challenges faced by women SHGs in their effort to promote development and explore the strategies to mitigate the challenges faced by women in their effort to promote development in Tirunelveli District Tamilnadu. The SHGs provided soft loans, purchased goods, constructed houses and paid fees for their members rendering the overall contribution of most of the SHGs as high, thus characteristics of the SHGs affected the levels of socio–economic development. It was also clear that most of the SGHs had high levels of involvement through high frequency of meetings and frequent contribution demonstrating a significant relationship between levels of participation of the SHGs and levels of socio–economic development. Factors affecting the operations of the SHGs were financial challenges, communication, leadership and policy/law also affected the levels of socio–economic development. The study recommended that NGOs and government agencies should encourage women to join SHGs groups to foster faster socio–economic development in Tirunelveli District. However, proper training skills should be imparted on the women to enhance their managerial and financial acumens.

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C.THANGA LAKSHMI, DR.ISACC BALASINGH ROLE OF SELF HELP GROUPS IN ECONOMIC CHANGE OF RURAL WOMENS IN TIRUNELVELI �DISTRICTS. Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 6 | Issue : 9 | September 2016

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