Constraints in the Functioning of Self Help Groups in Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra

To study the constraints in the functioning of SHGs, twelve villages from Kankawli and Malvan tahsils of Sindhudurg district were selected purposively. One SHG from each village was selected randomly. Thus, total 110 members from 12 SHGs were included in the sample. Based on the performance of SHGs, they were classified into three groups i.e. good performance, average performance and poor performance. The major constraints faced by SHG members were small and fragmented land holding (100 %), stray cattle menace (90.91 %), lack of market facilities for product of SHG (90%), low market price for product of SHG (87.27 %) and lack of irrigation facilities (85.45 %).