What do you know about self help groups? What is the role of shg for the development of womens?
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The self help groups are voluntary association of people formed to attain a collective goal. People who are homogeneous with respect to social background, heritage, caste or traditional occupation come together for a common cause to raise and manage resources for the benefit of the group members. The Self Help Groups are generally formed by promoter agencies as a facilitating mechanism in extending micro finance and have been used to generate income and employment, alleviate poverty and social transformation, especially in the rural areas. The most important feature of SHGs is that most of these groups are being organized by women. The objectives of the stud y is to evaluate the role of Self Help Groups in the overall growth of rural women with their socioeconomic