Empowerment of Women through Self Help Group – A Case Study of Baswara District (Rajasthan)

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume II, Issue II, February 2018 | ISSN 2454-6186

Empowerment of Women through Self Help Group – A Case Study of Baswara District (Rajasthan)

Dr. Harigopal G. Agrawal

  Associate Professor, Economics Department, Shri K R Desai Arts & Commerce College, Jhalod (Dist – Dahod) – Gujarat, India

Abstract: India is a developing country. India’s GDP is middling, even after six decades of independence. Undoubtedly, the problem of nearly twenty five percent of India’s people is poverty and unemployment. The government is focusing on their participation in rural development and developmental activities. Although, During the last six decades of India’s planned development, Women have not achieved success, especially rural women in many parts of the country lead the Self Help Group (SHG), have cognizable success in bringing women into main stream of decision making, hence, it is obvious that Self Help Groups have become a usable organizational set up to disburse micro credit to women and motivate them to enter into entrepreneurial activity. SHGs has made important contributions to the development of women entrepreneurs and the development of the economy. The main objectives of the paper are. To examine the empowerment of women through self help groups into different social categories. To examine outlook of the family members, husbands of the respondents and officers connected with workplace and to examine impact of the self help groups on the respondents. In the light of above situation, the present study is ground on primary data. The primary data is collected with the help of pre-tested questionnaire. Banswara District of Rajasthan State has been selected for this study. According to the proportion of its population in the district, 100 samples have been selected from various social categories, OC, BC, SC and ST. Data has been collected with the help of a structured questionnaire. Stratified random sampling techniques have been adopted for the study. The collected primary data is tabulated by computerized. Simple statistical tools such as percentages are used. A substantial part of this research paper is based on table analysis.

Keywords: Microfinance, self-help Groups, Women Empowerment, Non-Governmental Organizations.

I. INTRODUCTION

Women empowerment is a global challenge because most women have been relegated to the rear, and in many parts of the world, men are under control as a result of unjust social, cultural and political structures. In most societies, women are subject to discrimination. About 65% percent of world’s poor are women and about 35% percent of women in Banwara live in absolute poverty. The role of women is not only important in economic activities, but its role in non-economic activity is equally important. Tribal women work very hard, in some cases work harder than men. Tribal women have freedom and self-expression. Development programs that affect men and women differently, have been making economic changes since the beginning.

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