Objectives: Present study focuses on the creation of women empowerment index in Jhajjar district of Haryana through the intervention of self-help groups. Study is intended to analyses women’s role in socio-economic, and political sections of the society enhanced because of their energetic contribution in SHGs, therefore, the study has made it a goal to examine the social, political, economic and personal empowerment of women.
Methods & Analysis: A stratified multi-stage sampling was used to collect the data. Jhajhar district was chosen from Rohtak division and further three Blocks namely Badli, Bahadurgarh,Jhajjar were chosen and from each block one VO Kheri Khumar, Lowa Khard, and Kheri Jat were selected respectively. Total 90 women beneficiaries from SC and OBC with equal distribution were chosen to collect primary data through Likert scale. Composite index and factor analysis were used with 22 indicators to examine the empowerment of women in Jhajhar District.
Findings: Study found that PLEI (political empowerment) is most affected through SHGs intervention in Jhajjar district of Haryana. The foremost cause is that after joining the SHG, women are politically awake. Women are sure to make any decision because they are conscious of her civil liberties and laws. Women are well-knownof their property rights. All SHG women have their own Aadhar card or Voter ID card. At the time of elections, women vote independently to their elected candidates. Women are actively participating in government programs. SHGs are government programs and every woman is actively participating to increase the performance of its groups. Rural women SHG members are known about the work of the local Panchayat and they are getting all the benefits from Panchayat.
Improvement: While examining the impact of each indicator on composite women empowerment it was found that economic empowerment is the most significant and registered highest value thus it can be stated that women’s socio-economic status rise after joining SHGs in Jhajhar District of Haryana.