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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × End date: 2004 × Start date: 2004 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Role of self help groups in socio-economic development of the village: an opinion survey in selected gram sabhas of district Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2004-06) Rajput, Seema; Ahuja, Abha
    Self Help Groups are becoming offshoots of development. one of the initial functions of Self Help Groups has been to operate saving and credit systems within their respected groups, by mobilizing their modest savings. But now a days they have expended their functions other then thrift/credit activities, like in the socio economic development of the village. The present study is descriptive in nature, hence self constructed interview schedule with some participatory methods of focused group discussion was used to collect the information, which was already pretested on 15 group members and 5 officials of different categories. Total sample were comprised 70 SHG members and 30 officials of different categories/Panchayat members/Bankers. The Gram Sabhas was selected purposively and SHG members were selected randomly. While different categories were selected purposively. The major findings of the study indicates that the awareness level of the respondents about their group was quite good. They gave their opinion in a positive way that SHGs can play a good role in socio-economic development of the village, on the other hand different categories of officers/Panchayat members/Bankers also agreed about the role of SHGs in socio economic development of the village. Thus this study showed that SHGs can play an effective role in socio economic development of the village and recommended further motivating SHGs to take up varied roles in socio-economic development of the village with Gram Panchayat.