The Activities of Self Help Groups in Uplifiting Rural Poor of The Economically Backward Areas–An Over View

P. MATHIYALAGAN; Dr.J.SenthilVelmurugan

Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2014

The Activities of Self Help Groups in Uplifiting Rural Poor of The Economically Backward Areas–An Over View

P. Mathiyalagan, Dr. J. Senthilvelmurugan

Abstract :

A Self Help Group is a group of 10-20 women or men who work for the capacity building of themselves. Their goal is to become effective agents of change. They serve as a platform to establish the banking with the poor which is reliable, accountable and a profitable business and also enable livelihood opportunities for village women through micro-credit with the existing banks in the area. The main aim of SHG is to improve economic conditions. Self-help groups promote awareness among the women members and provide sufficient opportunities to combat with poverty. Further the self-help groups have come out as a significant factor in generation of income and occupations of the members which also requires conditions like better disbursement of the micro credit to the members and these things should be taken care of for getting more active success in this area. This paper attempt to study theSelf Help Groups activities in uplifting rural poor of the economically backward areas and the activities of Self-help group approach in eradication of poverty, its successiveness in generating income and the impact of micro credit on the empowerment of the women members of the self-help groups.