• Deepak Kumar

Self-Help Group (SHG) is an effective and systematic model, which emphasizes community development of the socio-economic status and lifestyle of rural women driven by the ongoing socialization process. The SHG approach also promotes entrepreneurship among rural women. The main objective of this study is to measure the socioeconomic status of SHG members with respect to living conditions and subsistence activities. Social development and economic development was evaluated on the basis of community and individual indicators. Hence, the study considered four independent variables, viz; Community Social Indicators, Individual Social Indicators, Community Economic Indicators and Individual Economic Indicators to analyze socio-economic development of rural women. The research based on primary data. The current study was conducted in the Jhajjar district of Haryana, India. The sample size for this study was 150 SHG members, selected from 14 Self-help groups. The results of the present study indicated that SHG members improved their lifestyle and increased their socioeconomic status in society after joining SHG.

Socio-economic impact, socio-economic factors, self-help group, empowerment

"A study of the socio-economic status of women via self-help groups in the rural areas of Jhajjar district in Haryana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.419-426, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903N54.pdf

"A study of the socio-economic status of women via self-help groups in the rural areas of Jhajjar district in Haryana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp419-426, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903N54.pdf