Impact of SHGs on Income, Employment and poverty among the members in Goalpara district of Assam
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10
Abstract
Goalpara district is economically backward and zero industry district of Assam. The people living in Balijana block are mostly Tribal Communities, i.e – Rabha, Bodo, and Garo whose are socio-economically backward. The income, employment, borrowing capacity, literacy rate etc. are very low. To some extent it becomes very difficult to implement developmental schemes and to find out the proper beneficiaries of the scheme of the poverty alleviation Programme for the removal of poverty. The present paper is an attempt to study the impact of SHGs on women in terms of various indicators such as access to income, employment, social activities, saving habits etc. in Goalpara district of Assam.The present paper is an attempt to study the impact of SHGs on women in terms of various indicators such as access to income, employment, social activities, saving habits etc. in Goalpara district of Assam. Keeping objectives in mind the study is designed purposively to select 60 samples from various Self-Help Groups from one development block out of eight development blocks. The samples are selected randomly from 6 villages. This study covers the impact and performance of various economic activities and of self-help group members for their all-round development.
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Krishnakhi Choudhury
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