SHG’s Role in Promoting Women Entrepreneurs: A Study of Select Literature
Keywords:
Entrepreneur, SHG, Microfinance, NGOAbstract
Entrepreneurship plays a very important role in improving the economic status and quality of living of urban as well as rural peoplein a country. Entrepreneurs are faces many problems like lack of finance, marketing, knowledge, proper training etc. Because there this entrepreneurship is not by choice, they are by forced to do business. In respect of this Govt. of India taking many initiatives under which in 1991 NABARD provided them a microfinance facility for doing small business and improve economic status. There are several ways of microfinance provided by the government, of which the most popular is Self Help Groups (SHGs). On the basis of about 147 papers(selected 24), it will try to learn through literatureabout the changes that have taken place in the status of life of women since the time of introduction of SHG till date and the different dimensions of SHGs. It is concluded that loan shall be provided by Banks only to those SHGs who are trained & supervised by NGOs and also have the involvement of Gram Panchayat and Gram Panchayat’s women who are critically analyse that the bank loan is used by SHG’s women.
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