• Bushan Kumar

Self Help Groups is a holistic programme of micro-enterprises covering all aspects of self-employment, organisation of the rural poor into self help groups and their capacity building, the planning of activity clusters, infrastructure build up, technology, credit and marketing .Self-help groups are seen as instruments for goals including empowering women, developing leadership abilities among poor and the needy people, increasing school enrolments, and improving nutrition and the use of birth control. An economically poor individual gains strength as a part of a group. SHGs have significantly empowered poor people, especially women in rural areas. The very existence of SHGs is highly relevant to make the people of below poverty line hopeful and self-reliant. SHGs enable them to increase their income, improve their standard of living and status in society. It acts as a catalyst for bringing this section of society to the main stream. The present study is based on the primary data and the focus of the study is to analyze the perceptions of the rural women regarding empowerment, their status in the society etc. after joining SHGs scheme.

Micro-enterprises, women empowerment and SHGs.

"ROLE OF SHGs IN EMPOWERING WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF KULWANTA BLOCK OF RAMNAGAR DISTRICT (J&K)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.119-123, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906M14.pdf

"ROLE OF SHGs IN EMPOWERING WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF KULWANTA BLOCK OF RAMNAGAR DISTRICT (J&K)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp119-123, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906M14.pdf