Women Empowerment through Self Help Groups - a case study of Banarpal Block in Angul District of Odisha

Dr Lina Rani Pradhan

Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Women Empowerment through Self Help Groups - a case study of Banarpal Block in Angul District of Odisha

Dr Lina Rani Pradhan

Abstract :

Women empowerment means giving women the strength and power to stand for her rights in every field of our male dominated society. Self help group giving poor women the opportunities for this. The Self Help Group model is an assisted self-help process where the state, financial institutions and the Non-Government Organizations play an important role in mobilizing and assisting the poor and needy people. Self Help Group model of development has ought a silent revolution in rural households of India in 20th century social development. This paper tries to evaluate the performance of selected women SHGs in Banarpal Block of Angul district of Odisha