• Mr. Sanoop Sivaraman

Micro insurance provides security to the low income group or poor people. It is a kind of a financial service package for poor people that cover their risks by paying a small amount of premium on regular basis. Women empowerment is serious to the procedure of development of the economy. It plays a vital position in the alleviation of poverty and in the all round progress of the nation. Among the different strategies to ensure the idea of micro-insurance assumes great importance. Though various measures are been taken by the government in empowering the women, its outcomes are not been measures mostly. Kudumbashree, is one among the many programmes on which aims towards women empowerment. This study tries to focuses on the impact of micro-insurance on the empowerment of rural people under Kudumbashree scheme.

Micro Insurance, Women Empowerment, SHGs, Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs).

"MICRO INSURANCE AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN KERALA: A STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.535-538, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906L77.pdf

"MICRO INSURANCE AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN KERALA: A STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp535-538, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906L77.pdf