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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Divya × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 ×
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    Group performance of women SHGS under KVKs in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2019-07) Divya; Ahuja, Abha
    The empowerment of women is one of the vital issues in the progression and improvement of countries in the entire world. Women empowerment is a progression in which women confront the presented norms and culture to encourage their well being efficiently. A self-help group is a village based financial intermediary comprising of 10-20 local women. SHGs work on the principal of thrift, credit and self help i.e. thrift means quality of using money and resources carefully, credit being the grant and loans from banks and using these resources to achieve things and help themselves. The present study was conducted in Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand to explore the group activities among women members, to study the extent of participation of women in group activities of rural SHGs attached with KVKs and to identify problems associated with participation of women in group activities. The villages covered for survey were Audhli, Khairana, Dogda, Lamjala, Talla Gethia and Krishnapur. A sample size of 160 respondents i.e. 80 each from both the districts was selected for present study. Interview technique was used for collecting the data. The study comprises of descriptive and exploratory research design. The extent of participation of women SHG was found to be highest in official work followed by finance/accounts or credit purpose. The group activities in which the women were involved was classified under economic empowerment, socio-cultural empowerment and political empowerment. The study revealed that women reported problems in joining self-help groups in terms of information support, technical support, marketing of products made by them and financial support. Its Implications in terms of assets & capacity building of SHGs in the Country.