SHGs: An Assessment of Economic Upliftment among Schedule Caste Rural Women in Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The main objective of SHG-Bank Linkage programme (SBLP) is to elevate poverty by providing financial services to poor, deprived and weaker sections of the population, particularly social groups like scheduled castes. The present study explains socio-economic profile of the sample Schedule Caste (SC) women SHG members. In order to estimate the impact of SHG programme, it is necessary to study the social and economic conditions of the sample respondents. Changes in socio-economic parameters of the respondents in the study area will give an idea about the impact of SHGs on rural Schedule caste women SHG members. The study is based on primary data and applied multistage random sample method to collect the data from three districts of Andhra Pradesh. The study found out that there is a significant change in economic conditions of rural SC women in the study area during post-SHG