Entrepreneurial Empowerment of Tribal Women through Self Help Groups in Gajapati District of Odisha
Keywords:
Tribal women, Empowerment, Entrepreneurial activities, Annual incomeAbstract
Tribal development in India has been in success as the ancient societies are now educating their children and living in desirable standards. Position of women is described according to their level of social, economic, political, educational and cultural field as well as their roles. The tribal population is an integral part of India’s social framework. Empowerment of tribal women is one of the central issues in the process of development all over the world. Self-Help Group is considered as a vehicle to bring women front position of the society by increasing their income. Entrepreneurship enhances financial independence and self respect of women. For this study 150 SHG members of tribal farming community from three tribal blocks i.e. Nuagada, Rayagada, R.Udayagiri of Gajapati District of Odisha were selected. The data has been collected from both the primary and secondary sources. This study shows, the empowerment of tribal women in Gajapati district through SHG by adopting entrepreneurial activities. The respondents have substantial income by adopting some entrepreneurial activities which indicates the positive impact of SHGs on annual income of family. However, the main entrepreneurial activities performed by the beneficiaries of all the three blocks of Gajapati District were goat rearing, maize cultivation, mushroom cultivation etc. Out of three blocks in R. Udayagiri block maximum beneficiaries are in poor financial condition and have no other income sources. Empowerment of rural tribal women in Gajapati District is possible by enhancing the income of women by implementing new Government schemes and the technologies with less investment .
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