• Priyanka Sharma
• Dr. A. Dhanalakshmi

Self Help Groups are backbone for rural development but are facing numerous problems. These problems are related with education, family support, marketing, finance, quality product, and facilitator’s etc. This study was conducted in Bangalore district of Karnataka to study the problem faced members of women about self-help groups. A sample of 100 respondents were selected at random for the research. Interview technique was used for collecting data. This study revealed that lack of formal education, family responsibilities as their major (personal problem), lack of communication skills among the group members in decision making process was the major (social problem), insufficient loan as their major problem, among the SHG members in the study area.

: Self-help group, Problems, Empowerment

"An Empirical Study on Problems & Challenges faced by Women Self-Help group", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.418-420, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811961.pdf

"An Empirical Study on Problems & Challenges faced by Women Self-Help group", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp418-420, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811961.pdf