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Impact of Self-help Groups on Rural Women in Jammu District


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1 Division of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jammu, J&K, India
2 Division of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jammu, J&K, India
     

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Shelf-help groups is a group of rural poor who have volunteered to organize themselves into a group for eradication of poverty of the members. The main aformation mechanism of self-help groups and to measure the impact of SHGs on rural women in means of decision making. The study consisted of 250 women members of SHGs and 250 non- SHG women members as selected respondents. The findings indicated that highest majority of women participated in SHGs for economic independence, incomegeneration activities and social contacts. The impact of decision making on SHG members were found significantly higher than non- SHG members in household expenditure, education of children, marriage of children, marketing and social customs in home.

Keywords

SHG, Rural Women, Impact, Group Formation, Decision Making
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Poonam
, India
Rakesh Nanda
Division of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jammu, J&K, India
S. K. Kher
Division of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jammu, J&K, India
N. Ahmed
, India
S. P. Singh
Division of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jammu, J&K, India

Abstract


Shelf-help groups is a group of rural poor who have volunteered to organize themselves into a group for eradication of poverty of the members. The main aformation mechanism of self-help groups and to measure the impact of SHGs on rural women in means of decision making. The study consisted of 250 women members of SHGs and 250 non- SHG women members as selected respondents. The findings indicated that highest majority of women participated in SHGs for economic independence, incomegeneration activities and social contacts. The impact of decision making on SHG members were found significantly higher than non- SHG members in household expenditure, education of children, marriage of children, marketing and social customs in home.

Keywords


SHG, Rural Women, Impact, Group Formation, Decision Making